Plant Details

Accepted name:: Swertia cordata (G.Don) Wall. ex C.B.Clarke [Gentianaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
chairta karita	Other	Med. Pl. in Alpine and Sub-Alpine Pakistan (Kayani et al., 2015)
charaita	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chirata	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Whole plant		Med. Pl. in Alpine and Sub-Alpine Pakistan (Kayani et al., 2015)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 4 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Ophelia chirayta D.Don ex G.Don Gen. Hist. 4: 178 (1837), not validly publ.
Ophelia cordata G.Don Gen. Hist. 4: 178 (1837).
Ophelia cordata var. laxa Griseb. Gen. Sp. Gent.: 315 (1839).
Ophelia nuda Klotzsch Bot. Ergebn. Reise Waldemar: 91 (1862).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Swertia cordata (G.Don) Clarke	Med. Pl. in Alpine and Sub-Alpine Pakistan (Kayani et al., 2015)
Swertia cordata (Wall. ex G. Don) C.B.Clarke	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017)
Swertia cordata Cl.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)

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