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Neopicrorhiza scrophulariiflora (Pennell) D.Y.Hong

Species

Angiosperms > Lamiales > Plantaginaceae > Neopicrorhiza

Characteristics

Perennials, 4-12 cm tall. Rhizomes to 1 cm in diam., coarsely rooting from nodes. Petiole short; leaf blade spatulate to ovate, 3-6 cm, black when dry, base tapering, margin serrate or rarely double serrate. Scape brown glandular hairy; spike 1-2 cm. Pedicel 2-3 mm. Calyx 4-6 mm, to 1 cm in fruit; lobes lanceolate to obovate-oblong, upper lobe sublinear, brown glandular hairy. Corolla dark purple, 8-10 mm, outside pubescent; tube abaxially 2-3 mm, adaxially 4-5 mm; lower lip ca. 1/2 as long as upper, 3-lobed, lateral lobes with 2 or 3 small teeth; upper lip hooked, emarginate. Filaments glabrous, anterior 2 ca. 7 mm, posterior 2 ca. 4 mm. Ovary 1-1.2 mm. Style 5-6 X as long as ovary. Capsule narrowly ovoid, 8-10 mm. Fl. Jul-Aug, fr. Aug-Sept.
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A herb that keeps growing from year to year. It grows 4-12 cm tall. The rhizome is 1 cm across. It forms coarse roots at the node. The leaves are spoon shaped to oval and 3-6 cm long. They taper to the base and there are teeth long the edge. The capsule is narrowly oval and 8-10 mm long.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 0.01
Mature height (meter) 0.1 - 0.12
Root system rhizome
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Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color -
Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Fruit color -
Fruiting months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

It is a subtropical plant.
Light 4-9
Soil humidity 4-6
Soil texture 1-6
Soil acidity 3-7
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 7-12

Usage

Uses medicinal
Edible roots
Therapeutic use Anorexia (unspecified), Anthelmintics (unspecified), Anti-inflammatory agents (unspecified), Antipyretics (unspecified), Appetite stimulants (unspecified), Asthenia (unspecified), Asthma (unspecified), Bronchitis (unspecified), Cardiotonic agents (unspecified), Cardiovascular diseases (unspecified), Colic (unspecified), Cough (unspecified), Diabetes mellitus (unspecified), Expectorants (unspecified), Fever (unspecified), Flatulence (unspecified), Hemorrhage (unspecified), Hiccup (unspecified), Hypotension (unspecified), Inflammation (unspecified), Jaundice (unspecified), Lactation disorders (unspecified), Laxatives (unspecified), Leprosy (unspecified), Pain (unspecified), Skin diseases (unspecified), Stomach diseases (unspecified), Vitiligo (unspecified), Antiperiodic (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
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Productivity -

Distribution

Neopicrorhiza scrophulariiflora world distribution map, present in Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, and Nepal

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:914299-1
WFO ID wfo-0000381300
COL ID 46QGF
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Neopicrorhiza scrophulariiflora Picrorhiza scrophulariiflora
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