Gentiana kurroo

Botanical Description

Gentiana kurroo is a perennial plant growing from a thick rhizome; it produces a basal rosette of leaves and decumbent to ascending stems that are branched from the base and can grow around 10 - 25cm tall[ 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 ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a medicine. It is harvested on a commercial basis in the Himalayas, where the roots are dried and traded under the name 'Trahimaan'[ 338 Title IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Publication Author Website http://www.iucnredlist.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description A list of plants under threat and facing possible extinction, usually with brief details of the threats and information on habitat. ]. The plant is grown as an ornamental. The wild population of Gentiana kurroo in India is inferred to have declined by 80% in a 10 year time period. Although the species is distributed from the Himalayan regions of Pakistan to west Nepal, the majority of the geographical range (80%) is in India. The situation in India is therefore considered to be representative of the global population of the species Therefore, the plant is classified as 'Critically Endangered' in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species(2015)[ 338 Title IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Publication Author Website http://www.iucnredlist.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description A list of plants under threat and facing possible extinction, usually with brief details of the threats and information on habitat. ].