Pimpinella diversifolia Dc.

Species

Angiosperms > Apiales > Apiaceae > Pimpinella

Characteristics

Plants perennial, 30–200 cm, pubescent throughout. Roots fibrous. Stem solitary, branched. Basal petioles 2–13 cm; blade ternate, leaflets ovate-cordate, 1.5–6 × 1–5 cm, margins coarsely serrate, rarely simple or 1-pinnate. Cauline leaves reduced upwards, 1-pinnate or 3-lobed, lobes narrow, lanceolate, often lacerate. Umbels 3–7 cm across; bracts 1–5, lanceolate, or absent; rays 6–15(–30), 1–4 cm; bracteoles 1–8, linear, 1–2 mm, shorter than pedicels; umbellules 3–6 mm across, 6–20-flowered; pedicels 1–3 mm, unequal. Calyx teeth obsolete. Petals white, obovate, hairy abaxially, base cuneate, apex with incurved lobule. Stylopodium conic; styles ca. 2–3 × stylopodium. Fruit ovoid, 1.3–1.6 × 1.3–1.6 mm, base cordate, surface shortly papillose-pubescent; vittae 2–3 in each furrow, 4–6 on commissure. Seed face plane. Fl. May–Sep, fr. Aug–Nov.
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A herb.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.9 - 0.95
Root system fibrous-root
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Fruit color -
Fruiting months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Humus-rich soils in moist rich woodlands and on shaded paths at elevations of 2200-2500 metres in Kashmir.
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It is a subtropical plant.
Light 4-9
Soil humidity 4-6
Soil texture 1-6
Soil acidity 3-7
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 6-11

Usage

The leaves are used fresh or dried along with other leaves as a flavouring.
Uses medicinal
Edible leaves
Therapeutic use Carminative (unspecified), Flatulence (whole plant)
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°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Distribution

Pimpinella diversifolia world distribution map, present in Afghanistan, Bhutan, China, India, Japan, Cambodia, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Taiwan, Province of China, and Viet Nam

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:846767-1
WFO ID wfo-0001067697
COL ID 4HWY7
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Pimpinella divisa Pimpinella sinica Platyrhaphe japonica Pimpinella diversifolia Pimpinella tonkinensis Helosciadium pubescens Pimpinella diversifolia var. diversifolia Pimpinella diversifolia var. divisa Pimpinella diversifolia var. simplicifolia

Lower taxons

Pimpinella diversifolia var. stolonifera Pimpinella diversifolia var. angustipetala