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Acantholimon lycopodioides (Girard) Boiss.
PLUMBAGINACEAE
Wahid Hussain, Rainer W. Bussmann, and
Narel Y. Paniagua-Zambrana
Synonyms
Acantholimon lycopodioides (Girard) Boiss: Statice lycopodioides Girard
Local Names
Acantholimon lycopodioides: Trans-Himalaya: Longze; Ladakh: Lonze,
Longzey
Botany and Ecology
Acantholimon lycopodioides:Shrublets, densely pulvinate. Cushions 30–100 cm
wide. Leaf blade glaucous, linear, (1–)1.5–30.1–0.2(–0.3) cm, rigid, glabrous,
apex shortly awned. Inflorescences unbranched, 3–4(–5) cm, densely pubescent;
spikes dense, distichous, with 5–8 spikelets; spikelets 2 or 3 flowered; bracts broadly
ovate, 4–5 mm, pubescence very short; first bractlet 6–7 mm, broadly membranous,
W. Hussain
Department of Botany, University of Peshawar, Peshawar, Pakistan
R. W. Bussmann (*)
Department of Ethnobotany, Institute of Botany and Bakuriani Alpine Botanical Garden, Ilia State
University, Tbilisi, Georgia
Saving Knowledge, La Paz, Bolivia
e-mail: rainer.bussmann@iliauni.edu.ge
N. Y. Paniagua-Zambrana
Department of Ethnobotany, Institute of Botany and Bakuriani Alpine Botanical Garden, Ilia State
University, Tbilisi, Georgia
Herbario Nacionál de Bolivia, Universidad Mayor de San Andrés, La Paz, Bolivia
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R. Kunwar et al. (eds.), Ethnobotany of the Himalayas, Ethnobotany of Mountain
Regions, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-45597-2_7-1
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pubescence very short, apex with a very short awn. Calyx 6–8 mm, funnelform, tube
densely velvety between ribs; limb white with red-purple veins, veins pubescent or
glabrescent. Corolla pink to pinkish. Flowering July–August, fruiting August–
September (Wu et al. 1994–2013) (Fig. 1).
Local Medicinal Uses
Acantholimon lycopodioides:is used to treat cardiac disorders (Gairola et al. 2014;
Kala et al. 2005a,b), also used as abortifacient and for muscular pain (Gairola et al.
2014).
Acantholimon hohenackeri:A decoction of flowers is used for diarrhea. A decoc-
tion of flowers is used for the normalization of blood pressure and in cases of allergy
(Mehdiyeva et al. 2017; Bussmann 2017).
Local Handicraft and Other Uses
Acantholinum hirsutum serves as fodder for livestock (Ari et al. 2015).
References
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Gairola S, Sharma J, Singh Bedi Y. A cross-cultural analysis of Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh
(India) medicinal plant use. J Ethnopharmacol. 2014;155:925–86.
Fig. 1. Acantholimon
lycopodioides
(Plumbagonaceae), Pakistan.
(Photo Wahid Hussain)
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