Gentiana kurroo
{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}}
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| image = Gentianakurroo EndSpUpdate 2.jpg
| status = CR
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| status_ref = {{cite IUCN |publisher=IUCN |title=Gentiana kurroo |author1=Ved, D. |author2=Saha, D. |author3=Ravikumar, K. |author4=Haridasan, K. |year=2015 |volume=2015 |page=e.T50126594A50131345 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-2.RLTS.T50126594A50131345.en |url=https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/50126594/50131345}}
| genus = Gentiana
| species = kurroo
| authority = Royle
| synonyms =
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|Gentianodes kurroo|(Royle) Omer, Ali & Qaiser
|Pneumonanthe kurroo|(Royle) G.Don
|Tretorhiza kurroo|(Royle) Soják
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| synonyms_ref = {{Cite POWO|title=Gentiana kurroo Royle|id=368382-1|access-date=2023-12-06|mode=cs1}}
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Gentiana kurroo, also known as Indian gentian or Himalayan gentian, was named after the Illyrian monarch Gentius, who discovered the medicinal properties of the gentian root. Its scientific name, Gentiana kurroo, comes from the native term "karu", meaning "bitter".{{Cite journal |last1=Skinder |first1=Bhat Mohd |last2=Ganai |first2=Bashir Ahmad |last3=Wani |first3=Abdul Hamid |date=December 5, 2017 |title=Scientific Study of Gentiana kurroo Royle |journal=Medicines |volume=4 |issue=4 |pages=74 |doi=10.3390/medicines4040074 |pmc=5750598 |pmid=29023411 |doi-access=free}} This perennial herb is critically endangered.
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Category:Critically endangered flora of Asia
Category:Plants described in 1835
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