''Picrorhiza'' is a genus of

flowering plant Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (), commonly called angiosperms. The term "angiosperm" is derived from the Greek words ('container, vessel') and ('seed'), and refers to those plants th ...

s belonging to the family

Plantaginaceae Plantaginaceae, the plantain family, is a large, diverse family of flowering plants in the order Lamiales that includes common flowers such as snapdragon and foxglove. It is unrelated to the banana-like fruit also called "plantain." In older cl ...

. Its native range is Pakistan to Western

Himalaya The Himalayas, or Himalaya (; ; ), is a mountain range in Asia, separating the plains of the Indian subcontinent from the Tibetan Plateau. The range has some of the planet's highest peaks, including the very highest, Mount Everest. Over 100 ...

. Species: *''

Picrorhiza kurroa ''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 pe ...

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Picrorhiza tungnathii ''Picrorhiza'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Plantaginaceae. Its native range is Pakistan to Western Himalaya. Species: *''Picrorhiza kurroa ''Picrorhiza kurroa'' is one of the major income generating non-timber fo ...

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{{Taxonbar, from=Q9059436 Plantaginaceae Plantaginaceae genera