Apocynaceae FAMILY

Pergularia roylei

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Pergularia roylei is a climbing shrub, the stems twining into the surrounding vegetation. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a source of medicines and fibre.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeE. Asia - Pakistan, northern India, Nepal, Bhutan, Sikkim, Myanmar.

HabitatClimbing on shrubs in shady places at elevations from 900 - 2,400 metres[ 51 Title Flowers of the Himalayas. Publication Author Polunin. O. and Stainton. A. Publisher Oxford Universtiy Press Year 1984 ISBN - Description A very readable and good pocket guide (if you have a very large pocket!) to many of the wild plants in the Himalayas. Gives many examples of plant uses. , 272 Title Plants and People of Nepal Publication Author Manandhar. N. P. Publisher Timber Press. Oregon. Year 2002 ISBN 0-88192-527-6 Description Excellent book, covering over 1,500 species of useful plants from Nepal together with information on the geography and peoples of Nepal. Good descriptions of the plants with terse notes on their uses. ].