Salvia moorcroftiana Wall. ex Benth.

Species

Angiosperms > Lamiales > Lamiaceae > Salvia

Characteristics

A herb that keeps growing from year to year. The stems are sturdy and angular. They come from a woody rootstock. The leaves are 10-24 cm long by 4-18 cm wide. They are broadly oval.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 0.5
Mature height (meter) 0.9
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color -
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Open slopes and wasteland; at elevations from 1,500-2,700 metres.
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It is a subtropical plant.
Light 7-9
Soil humidity 1-6
Soil texture 3-6
Soil acidity 3-7
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 7-9

Usage

The stems are peeled and the centre eaten.
Uses medicinal
Edible stems
Therapeutic use Anthelmintics (leaf), Pruritus (leaf), Wounds and injuries (leaf), Common cold (root), Cough (root), Colic (seed), Dysentery (seed), Emetics (seed), Furunculosis (seed), Hemorrhoids (seed), Boil (unspecified), Colic (unspecified), Cough (unspecified), Guineaworms (unspecified), Piles (unspecified), Skin (unspecified), Wound (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by cuttings or seedlings. Seeds needs stratification.
Mode cuttings seedlings
Germination duration (days) 10 - 14
Germination temperacture (C°) 20 - 26
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment stratification
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Salvia moorcroftiana unspecified picture
Salvia moorcroftiana unspecified picture

Distribution

Salvia moorcroftiana world distribution map, present in Afghanistan, Nepal, and Pakistan

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:456738-1
WFO ID wfo-0000301647
COL ID 79GP2
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Salvia moorcroftiana