Wildlife & Flora
Don’S Geranium
Don’S Geranium (Geranium donianum) is a wildlife & flora sighting recorded around Phurte, Thamo, Samde.
- Scientific name
- Geranium donianum
- Local name
- Rakklamul, Ligadur
- Category
- Wildlife & Flora
This is a flower (about 5 - 15cm long) of the alpine slopes that mostly flower between June and August. The flower (1.5 - 2 cm) blooms in pairs of purple and red. The leaves are hairy and the leaf outline is lobed. There is a mid-vein that separates this plant into two halves. Upon tasting this plant has been called utterly bitter and pungent. Root is useful in case of fever, bile disorder, cough, intestinal disorder and joint pain.
