MEDICINAL PLANTS OF SIKKIM

 

 

Basic Information

 

                  

Species                      : Coptis teeta Wall.

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Family                        : Ranunculaceae

Habitat                      : A herb. Grows well in cold moist places.

Distribution                : Distributed to temperate region.

Sikkim                         :

Out side                      : Assam.

Morphological information

Small stemless herbs. Rootstock horizontal, perennial, golden yellow, woody,

densely fibrous, very bitter. Leaves ternatisect, glabrous. Petioles 15- 30 cm; leaflets 5- 7.5cm, ovate lanceolate, pinnatifid,  lobes incised, terminal largest. Scape equaling the leaves. Flowers 1- 3 pedicelled, regular, small, white on slender leafless scapes. Bracts leafy. Sepals 5- 6, 12mm, oblong- lanceolate, acute. Petals 5, 6, narrow, ligulate, obtused, 2/3 shorter than the sepals. Carpels pedicelled, spreading. Ovules many. Follicles many-seeded. Seeds with black crustaceous tests.

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Parts                : Rhizome.

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Medicinal       :Rhizome: bitter tonic, stomachic, efficacious in debility, a tonic dyspepsia and mild forms of intermittent fevers; used as a salve for the eyes.
 


Reference

1. Kirtikar, K.R., B.D. Basu, (1993). Indian Medicinal Plants (Vol. 2). Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh, Dehradun, 19.

2. Chopra, R.N., S.L. Nayar, I.C. Chopra, (1999). Glossary of Indian Medicinal Plants. National Institute of Science Communication, CSIR, New Delhi,76.

3. Progress Report of the Project "Studies on Medicinal Plants of Sikkim" (1998- 2001). State Council of Science and Technology for Sikkim.