Coptis teeta
Wallich in Trans. Med. & Phys. Soc. Calc. 7: 347. 1838; Hook. f. &
Thomson in Fl. Brit. India 1: 22 -
23. 1872; Kataki & Chauhan in Jain & Sastry, Indian
Pl. Red Data Book 142, f. 1. 1984.
Hindi: Mamira; Mishmi: Tita.
Rootstock horizontal, woody, densely fibrous, bitter. Leaves tematisect, glabrous; petioles 15 - 30 cm long; leaflets ovate-lanceolate, 5 - 8 cm long, incised. Scape slender, 1 - few-flowered, as long as leaves; flowers small, white, pedicelled; bracts leafy. Sepals oblong or lanceolate, acute. Petals narrow, ligulate, shorter than sepals. Follicles 6 - 8, stalked.
Fl. & Fr. July - Sept.
Distrib. India: Usually in peaty soil in shaded places. Arunachal Pradesh.
China (Tibet)
Notes. The Mishmi Teeta. The bitter rootstock yields a very valuable drug, useful as general tonic and as a cure for intermittent fever and stomach diseases. See Mudgal & Jain (in Bull. Bot. Surv. India 22: 179 - 180. 1980) for further details.
Rootstock horizontal, woody, densely fibrous, bitter. Leaves tematisect, glabrous; petioles 15 - 30 cm long; leaflets ovate-lanceolate, 5 - 8 cm long, incised. Scape slender, 1 - few-flowered, as long as leaves; flowers small, white, pedicelled; bracts leafy. Sepals oblong or lanceolate, acute. Petals narrow, ligulate, shorter than sepals. Follicles 6 - 8, stalked.
Fl. & Fr. July - Sept.
Distrib. India: Usually in peaty soil in shaded places. Arunachal Pradesh.
China (Tibet)
Notes. The Mishmi Teeta. The bitter rootstock yields a very valuable drug, useful as general tonic and as a cure for intermittent fever and stomach diseases. See Mudgal & Jain (in Bull. Bot. Surv. India 22: 179 - 180. 1980) for further details.
