
Gentianaceae FAMILY
Gentiana bicuspidata
Gentiana bicuspidata
Edibility
0/5
Medicinal
2/5
Safety & Hazards
None known
Cultivation Details
HabitPerennial
Growth—
A plant of alpine regions in the tropics, found at elevations above 2,000 metres.
Propagation
Seed - Cite as: Tropical Plants Database, Ken Fern. tropical.theferns.info. 2026-02-20. <tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Gentiana+bicuspidata>
Pollinators
Data unavailable
References
- [1]Sida, Conributions to Botany. Vol. 7 — Wm. F. Mahler; Dallas, Texas. · 1977 · http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org · ISBN 0036-1488 ↩︎Contains a treatment of the species Gentian in Central America.
- [2]Dictionary of Economic Plants. — Uphof. J. C. Th. · Weinheim · 1959 · ISBN - ↩︎An excellent and very comprehensive guide but it only gives very short descriptions of the uses without any details of how to utilize the plants. Not for the casual reader.