Family:
Rosaceae Juss.
Genus:
Potentilla L.

Potentilla indica (Andrews) Th.Wolf

This species is accepted, and its native range is Afghanistan to Russian Far East and Malesia. It is used to treat unspecified medicinal disorders, as a medicine and for food.

[UPFC]
Distribution
Biogeografic region: Andean. Elevation range: 1500–3200 m a.s.l. Naturalised in Colombia. Colombian departments: Antioquia, Bogotá DC, Boyacá, Caldas, Caquetá, Cauca, Cundinamarca, Huila, Nariño, Quindío, Risaralda, Santander, Tolima, Valle del Cauca.
Habit
Herb.
Ecology
Habitat according IUCN Habitats Classification: forest and woodland, shrubland, desert, artificial - terrestrial.

[UNAL]

Bernal, R., G. Galeano, A. Rodríguez, H. Sarmiento y M. Gutiérrez. 2017. Nombres Comunes de las Plantas de Colombia. http://www.biovirtual.unal.edu.co/nombrescomunes/

Vernacular
fresa, fresa de monte, fresa silvestre

[UPB]

The Useful Plants of Boyacá project

Ecology
Alt. 1500 - 3200 m.
Morphology General Habit
Herb.
Distribution
Naturalised in Colombia.
Conservation
Not Evaluated.

[CPLC]

Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co

Distribution
Naturalizada en Colombia; Alt. 1500 - 3200 m.; Andes, Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Valle del Cauca.
Morphology General Habit
Hierba
Conservation
No Evaluada

[UPFC]
Distribution
Found in Boyacá, Colombia.

[UPFC]
Use Food
Used for food.
Use Medicines
Medical uses.

[UPB]
Use Medicines Unspecified Medicinal Disorders
Medicinal (State of the World's Plants 2016).

Native to:

Afghanistan, Assam, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Hainan, India, Japan, Jawa, Korea, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Manchuria, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Primorye, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam, West Himalaya

Introduced into:

Alabama, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Arizona, Arkansas, Austria, Azores, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, British Columbia, Bulgaria, California, Canary Is., Cape Provinces, Chile Central, Chile South, Colombia, Connecticut, Czechoslovakia, Delaware, District of Columbia, Ecuador, Florida, France, Georgia, Germany, Great Britain, Guatemala, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Italy, Kansas, Kentucky, KwaZulu-Natal, Louisiana, Madeira, Marianas, Maryland, Mauritius, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, Netherlands, New Jersey, New South Wales, New York, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, North Carolina, North Caucasus, Northern Provinces, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Portugal, Queensland, Romania, Réunion, South Carolina, Spain, Switzerland, Tadzhikistan, Tennessee, Texas, Transcaucasus, Turkey, Ukraine, Uruguay, Victoria, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Yugoslavia

Potentilla indica (Andrews) Th.Wolf appears in other Kew resources:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Fragaria indica 9927.000 No
Eyles, F. [7637], Zimbabwe Fragaria indica 9928.000 No
s.coll. [Cat. no. 1236] Fragaria indica K001112469 Yes
Blinkworth, R. [Cat. no. 1236], India Fragaria indica K001112468 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 1236], India Fragaria indica K001112472 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 1236], India Fragaria indica K001112471 Yes
Blinkworth, R. [Cat. no. 1236], India Fragaria indica K001112467 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 1236], India Fragaria indica K001112473 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 1236] Fragaria indica K001112470 Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 1236], Nepal Fragaria indica K001112465 Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 1236], India Fragaria indica K001112466 Yes
Cope, T.A. [RBG 407], Great Britain Duchesnea indica K000914192 Yes
Cope, T.A. [RBG 87], Great Britain Duchesnea indica K000914191 Yes

First published in P.F.A.Ascherson & K.O.R.Graebner, Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. 6(1): 661 (1904)

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