Chirayita is a reminder that a familiar market name can hide more than one plant. Swertia chirayita is the species this page refers to.
Because wild stocks have been under pressure, this page does not offer collection guidance or processing.
How to read this note
Chirayita on this page means Swertia chirayita. Local spellings differ. Follow the scientific name, and check it in a current flora before a study or a purchase.
What is published
- The scientific name and, where it has been entered, the family.
- A region in ordinary language.
- Whether the public note treats the plant as a familiar crop or as a species that needs conservation care.
What is withheld
- A dose, a preparation, or a personal treatment.
- A claim that the plant cures a disease.
- Directions for finding or collecting a wild plant.
- A processing or trade method.
A reviewer has not yet signed this page. Until that review, the note is an identification aid.