• Family : Gentianaceae
  (GENTIAN FAMILY)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : Gentianaceae
• Basionym : Gentiana chirayita Roxb.
• Synonym(s) : Ericoila chirayita (Roxb.) Bercht. & J.Presl; Ophelia chirayita (Roxb.) Griseb.
• Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Swertia chirayita (Roxb.) H.Karst.
• Common name : Chirayita
• Vernacular name : चिरायत Chirayata, Charaita, Chirata (Hindi); Charayatah, Chirayita (Marathi); Nilavembu, Shirattakuchi, Anariyatittam (Tamil); Kiriyatta, Kiriyattu, Nilaveppa, Uttarakiriyattu (Malayalam); Nelavemu (Telugu); Nelabevu (Kannada); Chiraita shireen (Urdu); Anaryatikta, Ardhatikta, Bhunimba, Chiratika (Sanskrit)
• Habit : Herb
• Habitat : High altitudesin the sub-temperate regions and the slopes of moist shady places
• Comments / notes : Used in several traditional and indigenous systems of medicines, such asAyurveda, Unani, and Siddha
• Key identification features : Robust, terete, branched herbs. Leaves broadly lanceolate. Flowers green-yellow, tinged with purple
• Native : Himalaya
• World Distribution : East Himalaya, Nepal, West Himalaya
• Literature : Chowdhery, H. J. & Wadhwa, B. H (1984). Flora of Himachal Pradesh Vol. 2. Published BSI: 478; Nair, N. G (1977).Flora of Bashahr Himalayas. International Bioscience Publishers:188
• Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Navendu Page, Deepak Kumar (2020). Pan India Bouquets. http://flora-peninsula-indica.ces.iisc.ac.in/pan/plants.php?name=Swertia chirayita. Downloaded on 29 November 2020.

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