The Paradise sikkim

Here. , I m back with another blog , another medicinal plants found in Sikkim .

Astilbe rivularis

River Astilbe is a herb 1-1.5 m tall. Leaves are compound, lower leaflets usually further divided. Leaflets are 3-5, 3-8 cm long, ovate, long-pointed, base sometimes heart-shaped, stalked to stalkless, rough, especially on the veins. Leaf-stalks and rachis are covered with long hairs, tufted at the base of leaflet-stalks. Stipules are about 1 cm long, adnate to the leaf-stalk. Flowers are borne in long terminal branch pyramidal clusters of tiny greenish yellow flowers. Peduncle is glandular villous. Flowers are bracteate, bracts lanceshaped, about 2 mm long. Sepals are 5,1.5 mm long, ovate, basally adnate to the ovary, persistent. Petals are absent. Stamens are 5, opposite the sepals, filaments 2.5 mm long. Carpels are connivent, oval, about 1.5 mm, each prolonged into a short style, less than 1 mm long. Capsules are about 4 mm long, splitting longitudinally into 2 valves. Seeds are numerous, 2 mm long, tailed at both ends.

 River Astilbe is found in the Himalayas, from Kashmir to Bhutan, Assam, S. Tibet, Thailand, N. Indo-China, W. China, at altitudes of 2000-3600 m. Flowering: June-September.

In traditional medicine, the juice of the plant is applied to sprains and swellings. Root paste is mixed with honey and taken to control post-partum diarrhoea and dysentery.

Astilbe rivularis Buch. Ham., a rhizomatous perennial herb of the Saxifragaceae family, has been listed in rare species. In traditional medicine the plant has been used for the treatment of ulcer, bleeding during child birth, inflammation, body ache, diarrhea, and dysentery.

Here I made a Sketch of the leaves of the plant astilbe rivularis . I just tried my hand in it , hope u will like it , be vocal about your views in the comments section .

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