Picrorhiza kurroa
Royle ex Benth.ENDANGEREDPublished in Royle ex Benth. (1835). In: Scroph. Ind.: 47.
Picrorhiza kurroa is one of the major income generating non-timber forest products found in the Nepalese Himalayas. It is one of the oldest medicinal plants traded from the Karnali zone. Known as kutki or कुटकी in Nepali, it is a perennial herb and is used as a substitute for Indian gentian.
