Pan India Bouquets

Arnebia euchroma (Royle) Johnston

Family : Boraginaceae
(Forget-Me-Not Or Borage Family)
Family (Hindi name) : LASORA FAMILY (लसोड़ा फैमिली)
Family (as per The APG System III) : Boraginaceae
Synonym(s) : Arnebia endochroma Aitch.; Arnebia perennis (Schrenk) A.DC.; Arnebia tingens A.DC.; Lithospermum cyanochroum Boiss.; Macrotomia cyanochroa Boiss.; Macrotomia endochroma Hook.f. & Thomson ex G.Hend. & Hume; Macrotomia euchromon (Royle ex Benth.) Paulsen; Macrotomia oginoi Kitam.; Macrotomia onosmoides Regel & Smirn.; Macrotomia perennis (Schrenk) Boiss.; Munbya cyanochroa Boiss.; Munbya perennis (Schrenk) Boiss.; Stenosolenium perenne Schrenk
Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Arnebia euchroma (Royle) Johnston
Common name : Pink Arnebia
Vernacular name : Demok, Dremog (Ladakhi)
Habit : Perennial herb
Habitat : Rocky slopes, gravelly marshes, meadow in Himalayas, at altitudes of 3500-4000 m.
Comments / notes : The root is antipyretic, cancer, contraceptive, emollient and vulnerary. It is used in the treatment of measles, mild constipation, burns, frostbite, eczema, dermatitis
Flower, Fruit : June-August
Distribution :
- Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
Native : Afghanistan, India, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Nepal, Pakistan, Tadzhikistan, Tibet, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, West Himalaya, Xinjiang
Exotic/Native : Native
World Distribution : Iran to West Tibet
Literature : Uniyal B.P., Sharma J.R., Choudhery U., Singh D.K. (2007). Flowering Plants of Uttarakhand: A Checklist. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh: 179
Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Navendu Page, Deepak Kumar (2020). Pan India Bouquets. http://flora-peninsula-indica.ces.iisc.ac.in/pan/plants.php?name=Arnebia euchroma. Downloaded on 1 October 2023.

Pan India Bouquets by Herbarium JCB is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.