Family : Ericaceae
Description
An evergreen shrub or a small tree, 4-6 m in height, up to 90 cm in girth. Bark thin, cinnamon-coloured or grey, smooth, peeling off in thin, papery flakes; leaves elliptic or ovate, leathery, 7-15 cm x 3-6 cm, undersurface with rusty-brown tomentum; flowers white, in various shades of purple or pink, spotted within, in few-flowered corymbs; capsules cylindric, more or less curved; seeds linear-oblong, compressed.
Habitat
It grows on the stony alpine slopes and ledges at altitudes of 12,000 to 14,500 feet.
Parts Used : Leaf , flower, wood and twig
Herb Effects
Hypotensive (EtOH leaf extract) and toxic to livestock (leaf).
Active Ingredients
Quercetin (flower and leaf); myricetin (flower); campanulin, ursolic acid, epi-friedelanol, friedelin and amyrin (leaf).
Medicinal Use
In rheumatism, sciatica and syphilis (leaf); used as a snuff in the treatment of colds and headache (leaves); used in the treatment of phthisis and chronic fevers (dried twigs and wood).
Reference
Habitat
It grows on the stony alpine slopes and ledges at altitudes of 12,000 to 14,500 feet.
Parts Used : Leaf , flower, wood and twig
Herb Effects
Hypotensive (EtOH leaf extract) and toxic to livestock (leaf).
Active Ingredients
Quercetin (flower and leaf); myricetin (flower); campanulin, ursolic acid, epi-friedelanol, friedelin and amyrin (leaf).
Medicinal Use
In rheumatism, sciatica and syphilis (leaf); used as a snuff in the treatment of colds and headache (leaves); used in the treatment of phthisis and chronic fevers (dried twigs and wood).
Reference
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