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Taxon:
Swertia chirayita
(Roxb.) H. Karst.
Nomenclature
Common Names
Distribution
Economic Uses
Summary
Genus:
Swertia
Family:
Gentianaceae
Tribe:
Gentianeae
Subtribe:
Swertiinae
Nomen number:
35943
Place of publication:
Deut. Fl. 1025. 1883 Mar (C. B. Clarke in J. D. Hooker, Fl. Brit. India 4:124. 1883 Jun "
chirata
")
Verified:
05/22/1996
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0
(
0
active,
0
available)
in National Plant Germplasm System.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Gentiana chirayita
Roxb.
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Gentiana chirata
Wall., orth. var.
Swertia chirata
(Roxb.) Buch.-Ham. ex C. B. Clarke, orth. var.
Swertia tongluensis
Burkill
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Reference(s)
Burtt, B. L.
1965. Notes, chiefly nomenclatural, on Gentianaceae of Pakistan and India. Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 26:274.
Chowdhery, H. J. & B. M. Wadhwa.
1984. Flora of Himachal Pradesh.
Duke, J. A. et al.
2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs
Grierson, A. J. C. & D. J. Long.
1984-. Flora of Bhutan including a record of plants from Sikkim.
Hara, H. et al.
1978-1982. An enumeration of the flowering plants of Nepal.
Hara, H.
1966-1975. Flora of eastern Himalaya
Note:
v. 1:1966, v. 2:1971, v. 3:1975
Ho, T.-N. & S.-W. Liu.
2015. A worldwide monograph of
Swertia
and its allies Science Press, Beijing, China. 240.
Note:
indices are missing
Kala, C. P. et al.
2004. Prioritization of medicinal plants on the basis of available knowledge, existing practices and use value status in Uttaranchal, India. Biodivers. & Conservation 13:459.
URL:
http://www.springer.com/life+sciences/evolutionary+%26+developmental+biology/journal/10531
Karan, M. et al.
1997. Morphological and chromatographic comparison of certain Indian species of
Swertia
. J. Med. Aromat. Pl. Sci. 19:955-963.
Note:
lists as "
Symphoricarpos chirata
" Buch.-Ham.
Leung, A. Y. & S. Foster.
1996. Encyclopedia of common natural ingredients used in food, drugs, and cosmetics, ed. 2
McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker.
2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
Personal Care Products Council.
INCI
URL:
http://www.personalcarecouncil.org/public/what-inci
Common names
India
chirata –
Reference(s)
Transcribed Chinese
yin du zhang ya cai –
Reference(s)
Distribution
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Status
Continent
Subcontinent
Country
State
Note
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Indian Subcontinent
Bhutan
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Indian Subcontinent
India
Assam
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Indian Subcontinent
India
Himachal Pradesh
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Indian Subcontinent
India
Jammu and Kashmir
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Indian Subcontinent
India
Sikkim
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Indian Subcontinent
India
Uttar Pradesh
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Indian Subcontinent
Nepal
Native
Asia-Tropical
INDIAN SUBCONTINENT:
Bhutan
,
India
[Sikkim, Assam, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Uttar Pradesh],
Nepal
Economic Uses
Usage
Type
Note
Reference
Food additives
flavoring
bitter only used for alcoholic beverages
Leung, A. Y. & S. Foster.
1996. Encyclopedia of common natural ingredients used in food, drugs, and cosmetics, ed. 2
Medicines
folklore
fide Ency CNatIn; CRC MedHerbs ed2; Herbs Commerce ed2; Biodiv Conserv 13:459. 2004
McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker.
2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
Name
References