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Geranium wallichianum D.Don ex Sweet
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- Local Name:
- Rattanjot.
- Synonym:
- Habit & Habitat:
- A perennial herb, trailing on ground, with diffuse spreading branches, found in temperate and sub-alpine zones.
- Plant Description:
- Leaves 5-palmatisect into ovate-rhombic segments. Inflorescence a small cyme,solitary,2-flowered. Flower actinomorphic, showy, 3-4cm broad, purplish-blue to mauve, Sepals elliptic-oblong.Petals with shallow notch. Fruit erect when immature.Mericarps,hairy. Seed oblong.
- Flowering and Fruiting:
- July-October.
- Harvesting Time:
- August-November.
- Medicinal Value:
- Root infusion is used as mouthwash for ulcers and throat infection. Used internally for diarrhea, stomach ulcer, internal bleeding and externally for hemorrhoids.[5] Locally used in back pain, dysentery and cold.
- Part Used:
- Rhizome.
- Occurrence:
- Common at high altitudes.
- Future Perspective:
- Conservation, Collection, Cultivation, Drying, Packing, Herbal Pharmacy.
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