Heart-Leaf swertia

(Swertia cordata)

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Description

Swertia cordata is an important medicinal plant of the family Gentianaceae and is found distributed throughout temperate regions of the Himalaya. The species used in various ethnomedicinal systems and as an adulterant of Swertia chirayita. Swertia is a genus in the gentian family containing plants sometimes referred to as the felworts.Some species bear very showy purple and blue flowers. Plants of genus Frasera are sometimes considered part of this genus, sometimes as a separate genus, and sometimes as synonymous.

Taxonomic tree:

Domain:
Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum:
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order:Gentianales
Family:Gentianaceae
Genus:Swertia
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