MEDICINAL PLANTS OF SIKKIM

 

 

Basic Information

 

                 

Species                       : Gentiana tubiflora (G.Don) Grisebach.

Local Name                 :

Synonym                     : Ericala tubiflora G. Don.

Family                         : Gentianaceae.

Habitat                       : An alpine herb grows in open sloppy, grazing land.

Distribution                 :

Sikkim                          : Yak La, Yume Samdong, Gora La, Gocha La, Sebu La, Nathang, Changu, Padamchen, Bakhim, Kishiong, Kupup.

Out side                      : Bhutan (Ha, Thimpu, Tongsa district, Upper Mangde Chu, Upper Bumthang, Upper Kurchu and Upper Kulong chu districts).

General                        :

Morphological information

Tufted perennial herb up to 5 cm. Stems very short, solitary, arising from asal rosette. Basal leaves rosulate, spathulate, 5- 8 (-10) x 1- 2.5 mm; stem leaves spathulate 2.7xI.4 mm, conduplicate, acute, mucronate, bases forming tube 1- 2 mm, margins thinly cartilaginous, scabrous. Flowers solitary, terminal sessile. Calyx tube 7-15 mm; lobes lanceolate, 2- 6 x 1- 1.5 mm, mucronate. Corolla dark blue, tube 16- 37, narrow; lobes ovate 2.5- 5 x 2.4 mm, acute. Sometimes mucronate; plicae 0.5- 1 x 2- 3 mm, multi dentate or undulate. Filaments attached near middle of tube 4- 6 mm, winged; anther 0.75- 1.5 mm. Ovary narrowly ellipsoid 6- 12 x 1.5- 3 mm; stipe 3- 8 m; style slender 5- 9 mm. Capsule ellipsoid 9- 14 x 2- 3 mm, protruding from corolla; stipe elongating to 40 mm.

Flowering                            : July-October.

Fruiting                                : July-October.

History                                :

Parts                                   : Whole plant.

Status                                 : Low risk.

Phytochemistry                  : Kaempferol -7-rhamnoside and Kaempferitrin isolated

Traditional                           : The 200- 250 ml of the boiled extract of whole plant is administered orally in case of the fever and in serious cough

                                               (Sherpa System, Tour report 2001).

 

 


Reference

 

1. Grier- son, A.J.C. & D.G. Long (1999). Flora of Bhutan (Vol. 2, Part 2). Royal Botanic Garden,Edinburgh. 646.

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