Reinwardtia indica is a shrub or under shrub upto one meter tall. Branches are spreading, rounded and angular. Leaves are alternate, simple, elliptic – obovate or lanceolate at apex, rounded or heart shaped. Flowers are bright yellow. Sepals are 5.
English Name
NOT AVAILABLE
Local Name
Phiunli and Basanthi
Family
Linaceae (Flax Family)
Flowering time
May to early June
Habitat
Waysides and grassy slopes.
Uses
Leaves are chewed to clean the tongue and decoction is used for gargles.
Location in the Valley of flowers
It is found on the way from Govindghat to Ghangaria.
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