5. Thermophobic plants found on this hill and their medicinal uses are--

6. 1. Thalictrum foliolosum DC.(Rananculaceae)
Local name- Sita chanwar / Mamiri
Flowers-June –August
Medicinal properties:
Root is used in making Kajal as it prevents eye infection.
Its decoction is useful in stomache and pest in eczema.
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7. Thalictrum foliolosum DC.
Thalictrum foliolosum DC.

8. 2. Rubia manjith Roxb.ex Fleming(Rubiaceae)
Local name- JataSinghi /Birja / Majethi
Flowers- October – November
Medicinal properties:
Root yields a costly yellow-orange dye called ’’manjith’.
Paste of the root is used to cure leucoderma.
Decoction of root is a good liver tonic.
Decoction is also used as a tonic for youth and vigor.

9. Rubia manjith Roxb.ex Fleming(Rubiaceae)
Rubia manjith Roxb.ex Fleming(Rubiaceae)

10. 3. Pogostemon benghalense(Burmm.f)Kuntze. (Lamiaceae)
Flowers-October –January
Local name- Ban tulsi / Kalibhant
Medicinal properties:
Paste of leaf applied on wounds to check bleeding.
Root is used to prepare Ranu of rice beer (Haria)

11. 4. Lepidagathis incurva Buch.-Ham ex D.Don.
(Acanthaceae)
Flowers December -January
Local name- Serendri -dumbu
Medicinal properties:
Paste of leaf applied on wounds to check bleeding.
Root is used to prepare Ranu of rice beer (Haria)

12. 5. Aeginetia indica L. (Orobanchaceae)
Flowers-August -November
Local name- Kandar [A root parasite]
Medicinal properties:
Pest of whole plant applied on burns.

13. Thermophilic plants invaders—
1.Syndrella
nodiflora (L.)Gaertn.
Plant is native of West Indies and naturalized in India as weed. Easily identified by basally 3 nerved opposite leaves and yellow flowers at nodes.

14. 2.Calyptocarpus vialis Lees.
Plant looks like Syndrella but is smaller and prostrate.

15. 3. Ageratum conyzoides L.
Local name – Puru ghas / Tonka mani
Commonly called as goat grass and recognized by small blue flowers.Weed very tough to eradicate.

16. 4. Sonchus wightianus DC. Local name- Najom puru
Herbs ,up to 1 m tall .Idetified by yellow flowers and glandular hairs on floral stalk.

17. 5. Siegesbeckia orientalis L.
Local name- Marang kalmegh/ lat lalita
Herbs ,up to 1 m tall .Identified by yellow flowers surrounded by 5 spathulate glandular involucres.

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