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Bupleurum lanceolatum

Bupleurum lanceolatum Wall. ex DC., Prodr. 4: 132 1830.;
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Nepal, Jammu & Kashmir (Poonch, Kashmir), Pakistan (Swat, Hazara, Murree),
NW-India (C- to W-Himalaya) as per Catalogue of Life;
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boo-PLUR-rum — Greek: boupleuros (ox-rib), a name given to another plant … Dave’s Botanary
lan-see-oh-LAY-tum — lance-shaped … Dave’s Botanary
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commonly known as: lanceleaf thorowax • Dogri: गिल्ल gill • Garhwali: जंगली जीरा jangli jeera • Kumaoni: जंगली जीरा jangli jeera • Pahari: बनजवाईन banjwain, पहाड़ी गाजर pahari gajar
Names compiled / updated at https://dineshvalke.blogspot.com/2026/06/bupleurum-lanceolatum-wall-ex-dc.html
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4 AUG 12
Ghangaria – Govind Ghat trail … about 8400 ft

Habitat: mountain slope
Habit: herb, about 1 – 1.5 m high; flower about 2 mm across
… rain and poor light made it difficult to get close-up view of flower … will be happy to know ID to genus level

I hope Bupleurum candollei
Close up of flower umblet should help.

Cropped version; hopefully it helps.

Not B. candollei
More likely Bupleurum lanceolatum

Since bractlets below the flower umbelets are almost missing, it should be Bupleurum lanceolatum
http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Lanceleaf%20Thoroughwax.html

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Apiaceae Fortnight :: Bupleurum lanceolatum :: Ghangaria – Govind Ghat trail :: DVJUN03/03 : 2 posts by 2 authors. 3 images.

Bupleurum lanceolatum Wall. ex DC.
along Ghangaria – Govind Ghat trail on August 4, 2012

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VOF Week: Apiaceae sp for ID— en-route Govindghat-Ghangaria route:
This is yet another Apiaceae sp seen along “Govindghat-Ghangaria route“. This was looking more like a climbing herb with slender stem.
Family: Apiaceae
Date/Time: 10-08-2012 / 07:30AM
Habitat: Wild

may be Heracleum wallichii?????

Associated leaves are simple, plus you can see small flowers with yellow tinge and small almost ovoid fruits without wings. It is Bupleurum sp.

I think it should be Bupleurum lanceolatum Wall. ex DC. as per images, details and references herein.

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May be Bupleurum hamiltonii N.P.Balakr. 

 

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Apiaceae (Umbelliferae) Week : Buleurum falcatum L:
This herb is from higher Himalaya of Garhwal region, photo taken on 10-8-2010.

It does not look like B. falcatum in which leaves are linear, falcate and both involucre bracts and involucel bracts minute. I had uploaded it a few days back from Kashmir.
Perhaps snaps of lower leaves may help.
May be Bupleurum lanceolatum Wall. ex DC.

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i am posting some more immages may be form the same  or different plant or may be altogether different sp.
please comment on these pics

I think this image may be of Bupleurum hamiltonii N.P.Balakr. as per images, details and references herein.

I think the 4th image may be of Bupleurum hamiltonii N.P.Balakr. as per images, details and references herein.
2nd and 3rd image may be of Bupleurum lanceolatum Wall. ex DC. as per images, details and references herein.

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Names of Plants in India :: Bupleurum lanceolatum Wall. ex DC.: 1 image.
Bupleurum lanceolatum Wall. ex DC.

boo-PLUR-rum — Greek: boupleuros (ox-rib), a name given to another plant … Dave’s Botanary
lan-see-oh-LAY-tum — lance-shaped … Dave’s Botanary

commonly known as: lanceleaf thorowax • Dogri: गिल्ल gill • Garhwali: जंगली जीरा jangli jeera • Kumaoni: जंगली जीरा jangli jeera • Pahari: बनजवाईन banjwain, पहाड़ी गाजर pahari gajar

botanical names: Bupleurum lanceolatum Wall. ex DC. … … synonyms: no known synonyms … POWO, retrieved 2 June 2026

Bibliography / etymology / notes

Links listed as references in the notes below, may not remain valid permanently. Portals / websites have a tendency to re-organize / revise their content, leading to change in URLs of pages in their site. Some sites may even close down at their own will. The bits about the languages of India mentioned below are merely some bare facts gathered from the internet; just enough to satisfy curiosity about “where” could the listed names be best prevalent in India. All English transliterated names to be taken sensu amplo.

~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~
written and spoken widely, in most parts of India
lanceleaf thorowax
~~~~~ DOGRI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (डोगरी) … spoken in: Jammu & Kashmir … spoken by the Dogras
गिल्ल gill
  • In the sub-alpine and lower alpine pastures of Jammu and bordering regions (like Kotli/Poonch), species of Bupleurum (specifically Bupleurum falcatum variants) are natively recorded under the generic folk name “gill“, where the dried plant is harvested for stomach ailments … compiled from web.
~~~~~ GARHWALI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (गढ़वळि) … spoken in: Uttarakhand
जंगली जीरा jangli jeera
  • This common name applies broadly across the genus Bupleurum in the state due to the plant’s umbrella-like seed clusters that closely resemble the cumin plant. … compiled from web.
~~~~~ KUMAONI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari … spoken in: Uttarakhand
जंगली जीरा jangli jeera
  • This common name applies broadly across the genus Bupleurum in the state due to the plant’s umbrella-like seed clusters that closely resemble the cumin plant. … compiled from web.
~~~~~ PAHARI (or PAHADI) ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (पहाड़ी), Perso-Arabic (پہاڑی) … variety of languages, dialects and language groups, spoken in Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Uttarakhand
बनजवाईन banjwain, पहाड़ी गाजर pahari gajar
  • बनजवाईन banjwain (or बनअजवाईन banajwain) = “wild ajwain” or “forest caraway”. This is a widespread generic name in Western Pahari for wild, erect Bupleurum species like Bupleurum hamiltonii (formerly Bupleurum tenue) … compiled from web.
  • पहाड़ी गाजर pahari gajar = “mountain carrot”. In several upper Himachali dialects, wild-growing Bupleurum and closely related wild alpine Apiaceae are generically lumped under names referring to wild mountain carrots because of their taproots and carrot-like leaf arrangements. … compiled from web.
~~~~~ KNOWN DISTRIBUTION in INDIA ~~~~~
*Himachal Pradesh, *Jammu & Kashmir, *Uttarakhand

* shared vernacular names in the regional language(s) of the state

~~~~~ Created on: 12:11 02-06-2026 ¦ Last updated: 13:30 03-06-2026 (DD-MM-YYYY) ~~~~~

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Updated on June 16, 2026

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