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Ligusticum striatum Dc.

Species

Angiosperms > Apiales > Apiaceae > Ligusticum

Characteristics

Plants 30–120 cm, glabrous. Root cylindrical. Stem single, little-branched, base clothed in fibrous remnant sheaths. Basal leaf blades ovate in outline, 4–8 × 3–6 cm, 3–4-pinnate, primary pinnae 4–5 pairs; ultimate segments linear, 3–10 × 1–2 mm. Cauline leaves few, gradually reduced upward. Terminal umbels 5–7 cm across, lateral umbels smaller; bracts 4–6, linear; rays 8–14, unequal, 2–4 cm; bracteoles 4–8, linear, ca. equaling pedicels, margins narrowly white membranous. Calyx teeth lanceolate, ca. 0.6 mm. Petals white, obovate, base cuneate. Fruit oblong-ovoid, 3.5–4 × 3–3.5 mm; ribs prominent, subequal; vittae 1 in each furrow, 2 on commissure. Seed face plane. Fl. and fr. Jul–Sep.
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A herb. It creeps growing from year to year. It has a strong aroma. It grows 30-60 cm high. The rootstocks are yellow-brown. They have several winter buds. These develop aerial shoots. There are leaves at the base and on the stalk. The leaves are compound. They have 3 sets of compound leaflets. They are triangle in outline and 12-15 cm long by 10-15 cm wide. There are 4-5 pairs of smaller leaflets. The flowers are small and white. They are in compound groups made up of male and female flowers.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
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Mature height (meter) 0.65 - 1.0
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Environment

It is a subtropical plant. It grows in shady slopes in forests between 1,500-3,700 m above sea level. It grows in Yunnan.
Light 7-9
Soil humidity 4-6
Soil texture 2-5
Soil acidity 3-7
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 7-12

Usage

The rootstocks are dried then sliced thinly and used in dishes.
Uses medicinal
Edible leaves roots
Therapeutic use Headache (unspecified), Anemia (unspecified), Anodyne (unspecified), CNS (unspecified), Cold (unspecified), Hemostat (unspecified), Hypertension (unspecified), Menoxenia (unspecified), Parturition (unspecified), Vertigo (unspecified), Bactericide (unspecified), Sore (unspecified), Swelling (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
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Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
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Distribution

Ligusticum striatum world distribution map, present in Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, and Viet Nam

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:844623-1
WFO ID wfo-0000362231
COL ID 728ZC
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Ligusticum wallichii Laserpitium striatum Ligusticum striatum Oreocome striata Selinum striatum Pimpinella bengalensis Cortia striata Selinum striatum Ligusticum chuanxiong
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