Gentianaceae FAMILY

Swertia angustifolia

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

3/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Swertia angustifolia is an annual herb with an erect, branched stem around 20 - 80cm 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 local use as a medicine. It is often used as an adulterant, mixed with Swertia chirataya and traded under that name[ 2025 Title Ethnobotany of the Himalayas Publication Author Kunwar R.M., Sher H. & Bussmann R.W. (Eds) Website https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-57408-6 Publisher Springer Nature; Switzerland Year 2021 ISBN 978-3-030-57407-9 Description ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate

Native RangeE. Asia - Himalayas from northern Pakistan, India, Nepal, northern Myanmar, southern and eastern China, Indo-China

HabitatShrublands, pasture, open slopes, streamsides, rocky areas, wastelands, edges of cultivated fields; at elevations from 100 - 3,300 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. , 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 ].