Family: Plantaginaceae
Mongolian name: Buural gandbadraa
English name:
Collection Number: 3
Veronica incana is a perennial herb native Eastern Eurasia in the temperate biome. It belongs to the Plantaginaceae family. When used in traditional Mongolian medicine, the upper part of the stem is preferred to stop swelling, relieve pain and nausea, and remove shar us yellow fluid). This species is called Buural gandbadraa in Mongolia. A similar plant is called Gandbadraa in Inner Mongolia and Tibet, and used for similar medicinal purposes. However, the plant in Inner Mongolia and Tibet is Gnaphalium affine D. Don, not Veronica incana. Enkhtur et al. (2023) suggest that when adopting Indian and Tibetan medicinal recipes, Mongolians prioritized the apparent effects of the plant over the visual appearance, and therefore subsititued Veronica incana for the originally described “Gandbadraa”.
Citations
Enkhtur, Sansarkhuyag, Ariunjargal Tudev, Tungalag Dagdanbazar, Selenge Erdenechimeg, Odontuya Gendaram, Ulambayar Lkhamsuren, and Bold Sharav. 2023. Elucidating the Uses of the Plant Veronica Incana from the Ancient Medical Books. Pharmacognosy Journal 15(5):901–904. https://doi.org/10.5530/pj.2023.15.171.
Sandiford, Jenny. 2021. “Summer Wild Flowers Mongolia.” Accessed July 9. https://www.jennysandiford.com/travelblog.
“Veronica incara.” 2024. Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Accessed July 9. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:812119-1.
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