Anaphalis nepalensis

Botanical Name:

Anaphalis nepalensis

Family Name:

Compositae (Asteraceae)

Local Name:

Chikee

Urdu Name:

Chora

English name:

Anaphalis

Part used:

Inflorescence

Flowering:

June- August

Description:

Erect, cottony and glabrous herb. Leaves alternate. Flowering head small, corymbose, heterogamous with female flowers outermost or unisexual, disciform. Female flowers numerous, filiform, fertile toothed. Bisexual, flowers sterile, tubular, limb subcampanulate . Achenes very small oblong.

Habitat:

In Gilgit /Baltistan it is found commonly in alpine and upper zones, up to 5000 meters.

Medicinal uses:

M edicinal uses are not known but the herb is aromatic and used in homes for their beautiful smell.

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