Scientific Name
Geranium wallichianum D.Don ex Sweet
Synonyms
Family
Geraniaceae
Local Name
Rattanjot
Habit Habitat
A perennial herb trailing on ground, with diffuse spreading branches, found in temperate and sub-alpine zones.
Taxonomic Features
Leaves 5-palmatisect into ovate-rhombic segments. Peduncles up to 13cm long, usually 2-flowered. Flower actinomorphic, showy, 3-4cm broad, purplish-blue to mauve, Sepals elliptic-oblong, 8-10mm long. Petals with shallow notch. Fruit mericarps, hairy. Seed 5mm long, oblong.
Flowering Fruiting
July-September
Harvesting Time
August-November
Medicinal Value
Root infusion is used as mouthwash for ulcers and throat infection. Used internally for diarrhoea, stomach ulcer, internal bleeding and externally for hemorrhoids.5Locally used in back pain, dysentery and cold.
Parts Used
Rhizome.
Future Prospective
Conservation, collection, cultivation, drying, packing, herbal Pharmacy.
Plant Images
Geranium wallichianum D.Don ex Sweet