Ranunculaceae FAMILY

Actaea cimicifuga

Edibility

1/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

All species in this genus are more or less toxic[ 74 Title Flora of the USSR. Publication Author Komarov. V. L. Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org Publisher Israel Program for Scientific Translation Year 1968 ISBN - Description An immense (25 or more large volumes) and not yet completed translation of the Russian flora. Full of information on plant uses and habitats but heavy going for casual readers. It can be downloaded from the Internet. ].

Botanical Description

Actaea cimicifuga is a herbaceous, perennial plant producing one or more leafy stems from a thick rootstock. Usually up to 100cm tall, they can sometimes reach 200cm[ 74 Title Flora of the USSR. Publication Author Komarov. V. L. Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org Publisher Israel Program for Scientific Translation Year 1968 ISBN - Description An immense (25 or more large volumes) and not yet completed translation of the Russian flora. Full of information on plant uses and habitats but heavy going for casual readers. It can be downloaded from the Internet. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a medicine and sometimes as a food. It is sometimes grown as an ornamental in gardens.

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate

Native RangeE. Asia - Siberia, Mongolia, central China, Himalayas from Pakistan to Myanmar.

HabitatShrubberies and forest clearings on open humus-rich soils, at elevations to 4,000 metres in the Himalayas[ 51 Title Flowers of the Himalayas. Publication Author Polunin. O. and Stainton. A. Publisher Oxford Universtiy Press Year 1984 ISBN - Description A very readable and good pocket guide (if you have a very large pocket!) to many of the wild plants in the Himalayas. Gives many examples of plant uses. , 145 Title Forest Flora of Srinagar. Publication Author Singh. Dr. G. and Kachroo. Prof. Dr. P. Publisher Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh Year 1976 ISBN - Description A good flora of the western Himalayas but poorly illustrated. Some information on plant uses. ]. Frequently found in fir forests in Kashmir[ 211 Title Wild Flowers of Kashmir Publication Author Coventry. B. O. Publisher Raithby, Lawrence and Co. Year 1923 ISBN - Description A nice little pocket guide to 50 wildflowers of Kashmir. This is part one of three, we have not seen the other two volumes ].