MEDICINAL PLANTS OF SIKKIM

 

 

Basic Information

 

                 

Species                                   : Fritillaria cirrhosa D.Don.

Local Name                              : Kakoli (Nep).

Synonym                                 :

Family                                      : Liliaceae.

Habitat                                    : Grassy and rocky places in open or among Rhododendron scrub.

Distribution                            :

Sikkim                                     : Samdong, Semarigri, Thangu, Bikbari, Thangshing, Biktu, Dzongri etc.

Out side                                  : Darjeeling (Sunadakpu).

General                                   :

General                                   : Eastern Himalayas and Khasi hills.

Morphological information

Lower leaves opposite, upper whorled, uppermost with cirrhose lips. Flowers 1- 2 tersellate nectary broad naked. Very nearly allied to F. Roylei and perhaps, as Wallich believed a variety of that plant, the leaves are however larger and narrower and the uppermost have cirrhose tips.

Flowering                                                    : May-July.

Fruiting                                                       :

History                                                        :

Parts                                                           : Corms.

Status                                                          : Vulnerable.

 

Medicinal

The dried corms are given in asthma, bronchitis, and tuberculosis.

 


Reference

 

1. Anonymous (1992). The Useful Plants of India, Publication and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 288.

2. Kirtikar, K.R. & B.D. Basu. Indian Medicinal Plants with illustrations, (Vol. 10). Oriental Enterprises, Rajpur Road, Dehradun, Uttranchal. 3484- 3485.

3. Noltie, H.J. (1994). Flora of Bhutan (Vol. 3, part 1), Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh. 107- 108.

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