Bupleurum longicaule Wall. & Dc.

Species

Angiosperms > Apiales > Apiaceae > Bupleurum

Characteristics

Plants 50–70 cm, perennial. Rhizome horizontal, little-branched, gray-brown. Stems solitary or several, erect, little-branched above, branches short or elongate, base without fibrous remnant sheaths. Basal leaves narrow-linear, lanceolate or oblanceolate, 10–12 × 0.5–2 cm, 5–11-nerved, base tapering into a conspicuous petiole, apex acute or acuminate. Cauline leaves sessile; blade linear-lanceolate to ovate-lanceolate, smaller, base broad-cordate and clasping, apex long-acuminate or acute. Umbels 3–8 cm across; bracts 0 or 2–3, lanceolate or ovate, 4–15 × 3–8 mm, unequal, 9–15-nerved; rays 3–12, 2.5–6 cm, unequal, somewhat stout, ribbed; bracteoles (5–)10–12, narrow-lanceolate or suborbicular, ca. 7 × 5 mm, longer than the flowers; umbellules ca. 8 mm across, ca. 20-flowered; pedicels 1.5–2 mm. Petals dark purple or yellow. Stylopodium low-conic, discoid, dark purple. Fruit ovoid or ellipsoid-ovoid, gray-brown, 3.5–5 × 1–1.5 mm; ribs prominent, acute; vittae 3 in each furrow, 4 on commissure. Fl. and fr. Jul–Sep.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.5
Root system rhizome
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Environment

Forests, grassy places on mountain slopes; at elevations from 1,000-4,000 metres.
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Hardiness (USDA) 6-10

Usage

Uses medicinal
Edible -
Therapeutic use Analgesics (unspecified), Anti-inflammatory agents (unspecified), Fever (unspecified), Hepatitis (unspecified), Hypnotics and sedatives (unspecified), Influenza, human (unspecified), Liver diseases (unspecified), Malaria (unspecified)
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Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
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Distribution

Bupleurum longicaule world distribution map, present in Bhutan, China, Nepal, and Pakistan

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:839246-1
WFO ID wfo-0000575507
COL ID NVS3
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Bupleurum hazaricum Bupleurum himalayense Bupleurum longicaule Bupleurum longicaule var. clarkeanum Bupleurum longicaule var. dalhousieanum Bupleurum longicaule var. hazaricum Bupleurum longicaule var. himalayense Bupleurum longicaule var. ramosum Bupleurum longicaule var. strictum Bupleurum longicaule var. tibetanicum Bupleurum longicaule f. obtusiusculum Bupleurum longicaule var. longicaule

Lower taxons

Bupleurum longicaule var. franchetii Bupleurum longicaule var. giraldii Bupleurum longicaule var. amplexicaule