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Potentilla nepalensis Hook.
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- Local Name:
- Rati Bail.
- Synonym:
- Habit & Habitat:
- A perennial herb, with leafy,erect to spreading stem,up to 20-80cm tall,found in sub-alpine and alpine zones.
- Plant Description:
- Leaves compound, lower leaves long stalked with 5-leaflets. Leaflets ovate.Upper leaves short stalked with 3-leaflets. Leaflets narrower elliptic. Inflorescence in terminal panicles. Flower actinomorphic,dark crimson to bright rose.Petals round shallowly notched. Fruit an achene, numerous.
- Flowering and Fruiting:
- June-September.
- Harvesting Time:
- July- October.
- Medicinal Value:
- Locally leaves are used for healing burns and root as diuretic.
- Part Used:
- Leaf and root.
- Occurrence:
- Common at high altitudes.
- Future Perspective:
- Conservation, Cultivation, Herbal Pharmacy.
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