Tropicos | Name - Bistorta amplexicaulis var. speciosa (Meisn.) Munshi & Javeid

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Bistorta amplexicaulis var. speciosa (Meisn.) Munshi & Javeid

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Synonym Text: Polygonum speciosum Meisn., Monogr. Polyg. 66. 1826; Polygonum amplexicaule D. Don var. speciosum (Meisn.) Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 5: 33. 1886.

Flower/Fruit: Fl. Per.: June-September.

Type: Type: Nepalia, Wallich.

Habitat: The type variety is rather common on lower altitudes 1200-2500 (-3500) m, whereas var. speciosa grows at higher elevation, common to 2500-4000 m. The rhizome of both the varieties is used for making tea and decoction. The decoction is diuretic, and also used as expectorant, and in stomach disorders.

Distribution: Distribution: Pakistan-Chitral, Dir, Hazara; Kashmir.

Map Location: A-6 Drosh Gol 35°33'N. 71°45'E, 8500 ft, S. A. Bowes Lyon E156 (BM, E); Mirgha, Chitral, 9200 ft, Gatacre 17500 (BM); Drosh Gol, S. of Drosh, 7000 ft., J. D. A. Stainton 3187 (BM); Dir near Gojar Stewart et al. 1239 (RAW); A-7 Ziarat to Lowari pass, Chitral, fls. red, Siddiqui & Rahman 26894 (KUH); B-6 Dir, Kohistan.B-7 Durga Galli, August 1880, A. P. Young s.n. (BM); Hill Territory, Ganja Kandao to hill, Durra Nullah, 7000 ft, deep red fls., B. L. Burtt & M. A. Kazmi 1267 (E); Near Shaheed Pani, Rest house, Hazara, ± 9200 ft, Y. Nasir & Khan 9673 (RAW); 6 miles from Kaghan on way to Naran, fls. red, 50 cm tall, Sultanul Abedin & M. Qaiser 8920 (KUH); Shogran rest house, Hazara, ± 7700 ft, Iqbal Dar, Anjum Amin et al. 529 (ISL); 2 miles from Batakundi on way to Babusar, fls. red, Sultanul Abedin & M. Qaiser 8958 (KUH); Between Sarerh & Makra, S.M.A.Kazmi 2209 (KUH); ibid, S.M.A.Kazmi 2204 (KUH); Balakot, Hazara, fls. red, S.I.Ali s.n. (KUH); Ghrool, Mansehra, Mir Ajab & Afzal 1474 (ISL); Gali Balakoi, Mansehra, Mir Ajab & Afzal 1451 (ISL); 4 miles from Naran on way to Burawai, fls. red, 45-50 cm tall, M. Qaiser & A. Ghafoor 5284 (KUH); Near PWD rest house, Kaghan, 70 cm tall, Sultanul Abedin 8870 (KUH); Julgran, Mansehra, 45 cm tall, erect, Kamal A. Malik & M. Qaiser 3106 (KUH); Naran, Hazara, S.Omer & M.Qaiser 2716 (KUH); Shogran to Sari Rest House, Hazara, fls. red, S.M.A.Kazmi 2164 (KUH); Lalazar, Kaghan valley, S.A.Khan s.n. (KUH); ibid, Saeed s.n. (KUH); Malkundi, fls. red, A.R.Beg 115 (KUH); Along roadside on way to Governor’s House, Nathiagali, 1-2 ft tall, 8200 ft, Saida Qureshi 227 (KUH); Nathiagali, along roadside, around Pines Hotesl, 8200 ft, Saida Qureshi 194 (KUH); Nathiagali, Moram Jaini, fls. red, S.M.A.Kazmi 4549 (KUH); Below Kund, Hazara, fls. dark red, Y.J.Nasir 7706 (KUH); Thandiani, ± 8700 Y. Nasir & Khan 11028 (RAW); Swat, Himalaya bor.-occid. Kalam, c. 35o30'N, 72o32'E, c. 2200 m. K. H. Rechinger 19426 (K); Khanspur, Murree Hills, N.W.India, Oct. 1920, G. H. Lester Garland s.n.; Kagan, 2170 m, F. Schmid 228 (BM); Below Kand, 34o 50'N 73o 30'E, ± 7000'm Y. Nasir et al. 7706 (BM); Between Maina and Ilam Mountain, alt. c. 5000 ft, R. J. Rodin 5487 (RAW, K); B-8 Gangangir, Sindh valley, 8000 ft., F. Ludlow & G. Sherriff 8039 (E); Tangmarg, Kashmir 6000 ft, O. Polunin 56/343 (BM, E); Mokhpuri, 9000 ft., D. McVean 1960 (E), Gagangir Sind valley, alt. 8000 ft, Ludlow & Sherriff 8039 (BM); Near Sinthan Pass, 9000 ft., F. Ludlow 195 (BM); Kashmir Tilpata forest, 70000 ft, Ludlow & G. Sherriff 7767 (BM); Wangat valley, Kashmir, P. M. Pinfold 162 (BM); Chanuwari, Kashmir, Dwarka Nath 106 (RAW); Sind valley, 11000 ft., Sept. 1876, C. B. Clarke 3130A; Kashmir, J. E. T. Aitchison 29 (E); Sangam valley above Lidderwat, Kashmir, 12-13000 ft, J. F. Duthie 13554 (BM, E).