Two highly valuable medicinal plants but endangered
In this article I introduce two different herbs with high medicinal importance but are on the verge of extinction beacuse of its high demand in pharmaceutical industries and unfortunately due to low scope of their cultivation.
1. Aconitum hetrophyllum
local name:- Boma karpo
Common name. Aconite atees
A perennial herb mostly grow on moist soil
and damp places in Suru valley and it's adjoining areas .
Medicinal usage-: The root of this plant is mainly used in the treatment of stomachache,high fever,hheadach. The roots of this plant is also a source of an Alkaloid called ACONITE said to used as anti periodic.
Uprooting of this plant from wild and grazing animals are the two main threats for the plant to extinct.
Sources......field guide floral diversity by
O.P Churasia
2. Podophyllum haxandrum
Local name . Denmokushu
Common name .Himalayan may apple
In this article I introduce two different herbs with high medicinal importance but are on the verge of extinction beacuse of its high demand in pharmaceutical industries and unfortunately due to low scope of their cultivation.
1. Aconitum hetrophyllum
local name:- Boma karpo
Common name. Aconite atees
A perennial herb mostly grow on moist soil
and damp places in Suru valley and it's adjoining areas .
Medicinal usage-: The root of this plant is mainly used in the treatment of stomachache,high fever,hheadach. The roots of this plant is also a source of an Alkaloid called ACONITE said to used as anti periodic.
Uprooting of this plant from wild and grazing animals are the two main threats for the plant to extinct.
Sources......field guide floral diversity by
O.P Churasia
2. Podophyllum haxandrum
Local name . Denmokushu
Common name .Himalayan may apple
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