Names of Plants in India :: Ligusticopsis wallichiana (DC.) Pimenov & Kljuykov

[Dinesh Valke]

Ligusticopsis wallichiana (DC.) Pimenov & Kljuykov

lih-GUS-tih-KOP-sis -- from Latin Ligusticum (older genus name); Greek opsis (resemblance) -- having the appearance of Ligusticum species ... compiled from web
wal-ik-ee-AH-nuh -- named for Dr. Nathaniel Wallich, Danish plant hunter, botanist and physician ... Dave's Botanary

commonly known as: milk parsley • Dogri: भूतकेशी bhootkeshi, मठोसल mathosal • Garhwali: नेसरावलो nesrawlo • Kinnauri: मठोसल mathosal • Kumaoni: मूर moor • Nepali: भूतकेश bhootakesh • Pahari: मठोसल mathosal • Pan-Himalayan: मुरामांसी muramansi, मुरवा murva

known for: whole plant, dried root, dried fruits

botanical names: Ligusticopsis wallichiana (DC.) Pimenov & Kljuykov ... homotypic synonyms: Peucedanum wallichianum DC. • Selinum wallichianum (DC.) Raizada & H.O.Saxena ... heterotypic synonyms: Selinum tenuifolium Wall. ex DC. ... and more at POWO, retrieved 24 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

milk parsley

• Flowers of India ... (accessed: June 24, 2026)

~~~~~ DOGRI ~~~~~

written in: Devanagari (डोगरी) ... spoken in: Jammu & Kashmir ... spoken by the Dogras

भूतकेशी bhootkeshi

• Many thanks to OM Prakash Vidyarthi for help with this name ... facebook

मठोसल mathosal

• Srivastava, Ravi & Dixit, Pooja & Singh, Lav & Verma, Praveen & Saxena, Gauri. (2018). Status of Selinum spp. L. a Himalayan Medicinal Plant in India: A Review of Its Pharmacology, Phytochemistry and Traditional Uses. Current Pharmaceutical Biotechnology. 20. 10.2174/1389201020666181227150829. ... (accessed: June 24, 2026)

~~~~~ GARHWALI ~~~~~

written in: Devanagari (गढ़वळि) ... spoken in: Uttarakhand

नेसरावलो nesrawlo

• Srivastava, Ravi & Dixit, Pooja & Singh, Lav & Verma, Praveen & Saxena, Gauri. (2018). Status of Selinum spp. L. a Himalayan Medicinal Plant in India: A Review of Its Pharmacology, Phytochemistry and Traditional Uses. Current Pharmaceutical Biotechnology. 20. 10.2174/1389201020666181227150829. ... (accessed: June 24, 2026)
• or alternatively spelled as नेसरावल nesrawal, depending on the specific localized valley dialect in districts like Chamoli or Uttarkashi. ... compiled from web.

~~~~~ KINNAURI ~~~~~

oral language, written in: Devanagari (किन्नौरी) / Tibetan (ཀིནྣཽརཱི) ... spoken in: Kinnaur district of Himachal Pradesh ... many linguistic varieties ... spoken by Kinnaura people

मठोसल mathosal

• Sharma, Parveen Kumar; Chauhan, NS; Lal, Brij - Studies on plant associated indigenous knowledge among the Malanis of Kullu district, Himachal Pradesh - IJTK Vol. 4(4), October 2005, pp. 403-408 ... (accessed: June 24, 2026)
• This name used primarily as a commercial collection term by migratory herders, not a native Tibeto-Burman linguistic term. ... compiled from web.

~~~~~ KUMAONI ~~~~~

written in: Devanagari ... spoken in: Uttarakhand

मूर moor

• Srivastava, Ravi & Dixit, Pooja & Singh, Lav & Verma, Praveen & Saxena, Gauri. (2018). Status of Selinum spp. L. a Himalayan Medicinal Plant in India: A Review of Its Pharmacology, Phytochemistry and Traditional Uses. Current Pharmaceutical Biotechnology. 20. 10.2174/1389201020666181227150829. ... (accessed: June 24, 2026)

~~~~~ NEPALI ~~~~~

written in: Devanagari (नेपाली) ... spoken in: Nepal, West Bengal, Assam, Sikkim

भूतकेश bhootakesh

• Many thanks to Saroj Kumar Kasaju for help with this name ... eFloraofIndia
• SOER Sikkim 2007 - List of medicinal and aromatic plants grown and found in Sikkim - Envis Centre Sikkim ... (accessed: June 24, 2026)

~~~~~ 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

मठोसल mathosal

• Srivastava, Ravi & Dixit, Pooja & Singh, Lav & Verma, Praveen & Saxena, Gauri. (2018). Status of Selinum spp. L. a Himalayan Medicinal Plant in India: A Review of Its Pharmacology, Phytochemistry and Traditional Uses. Current Pharmaceutical Biotechnology. 20. 10.2174/1389201020666181227150829. ... (accessed: June 24, 2026)

~~~~~ PAN-HIMALAYAN ~~~~~

मुरामांसी muramansi, मुरवा murva

• Srivastava, Ravi & Dixit, Pooja & Singh, Lav & Verma, Praveen & Saxena, Gauri. (2018). Status of Selinum spp. L. a Himalayan Medicinal Plant in India: A Review of Its Pharmacology, Phytochemistry and Traditional Uses. Current Pharmaceutical Biotechnology. 20. 10.2174/1389201020666181227150829. ... (accessed: June 24, 2026)
• These names are used in classical ayurvedic trade. ... compiled from web.

~~~~~ KNOWN DISTRIBUTION in INDIA ~~~~~

**Assam, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, **Meghalaya, Sikkim, Uttarakhand, West Bengal

• Hassler, Michael (1994 - 2026): World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. Version 26.05; last update May 20th, 2026. Last accessed 24/06/2026 (dd/mm/yyyy).

** not recorded

~~~~~ Created on: 11:59 24-06-2026 ¦ Last updated: 20:46 24-06-2026 (DD-MM-YYYY) ~~~~~

Names compiled / updated at https://dineshvalke.blogspot.com/2026/06/ligusticopsis-wallichiana-dc-pimenov.html

Regards.
Dinesh

[J.M. Garg]

Thanks, Dinesh ji, for the great work. 

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