Gentianaceae FAMILY

Gentiana robusta

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Gentiana robusta is a herbaceous perennial plant with robust, ascending, unbranched stems; it grows around 10 - 30cm tall[ 266 Title Flora of China Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/ Publisher Missouri Botanical Garden Press; St. Louis. Year 1994 ISBN Description An excellent, comprehensive resource in 25 volumes. In addition to the botanical information the flora also gives basic information on habitat and some uses. An on-line version is also available. , 1977 Title Non-Timber Forest Products of Nepal Himalaya - database of some important species found in the mountain protected ar Publication Author Ghimire S.K. et al Publisher WWF Nepal, Kathmandu, Nepal Year 2008 ISBN 978-99946-837-9-6 Description ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for use as a medicine.

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate

Native RangeE. Asia - Himalayan regions of Tibet, Nepal and northern India

HabitatDamp places in shrubberies, open slopes, meadows, stream banks; at elevations from 3,500 - 5,200 metres[ 1977 Title Non-Timber Forest Products of Nepal Himalaya - database of some important species found in the mountain protected ar Publication Author Ghimire S.K. et al Publisher WWF Nepal, Kathmandu, Nepal Year 2008 ISBN 978-99946-837-9-6 Description ]. Edges of cultivated land, roadsides, hillsides, alpine meadows; at elevations from 3,500 - 4,800 metres[ 266 Title Flora of China Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/ Publisher Missouri Botanical Garden Press; St. Louis. Year 1994 ISBN Description An excellent, comprehensive resource in 25 volumes. In addition to the botanical information the flora also gives basic information on habitat and some uses. An on-line version is also available. ].