Bergenia ligulata is a plant belonging to family Saxifragaceae

Saxifragaceae

Saxifragaceae is a plant family with about 460 known species in 36 genera. In Europe there are 12 genera.The flowers are hermaphroditic and actinomorphic...

 and the genus Bergenia

Bergenia

Bergenia is a genus of ten species of flowering plants in the family Saxifragaceae, native to central Asia, from Afghanistan to China and the Himalayan region...

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The plant is mostly found in temperate Himalayas from Kashmir

Kashmir

Kashmir is the northwestern region of the Indian subcontinent. Until the mid-19th century, the term Kashmir geographically denoted only the valley between the Great Himalayas and the Pir Panjal mountain range...

 to Bhutan

Bhutan

Bhutan , officially the Kingdom of Bhutan, is a landlocked state in South Asia, located at the eastern end of the Himalayas and bordered to the south, east and west by the Republic of India and to the north by the People's Republic of China...

 and in Khasia hills at 15,00 meter altitude.

Chemical contituents

B. ligulata contains A phenolic compound bergenin, and afzelechin

Afzelechin

Afzelechin is a flavan-3ol, a type of flavonoids. It can be found in Bergenia ligulata ....

, a type of flavan-3-ol and bergenin

Bergenin

Bergenin alias Cuscutin is trihydroxybenzoic acid glycoside. It is the C-glycoside of 4-O-methyl gallic acid. It possesses an O-demethylated derivative called norbergenin. These are chemical compounds and drugs of Ayurveda, commonly known as Paashaanbhed...

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Pharmacology

Alcoholic extract of the plant has exhibited significant anti-inflammatory, analgesic and diuretic properties. Purified fraction of the drug has shown potent antibacterial activity.

This plant is sometimes treated as a form of Bergenia ciliata

Bergenia ciliata

Bergenia ciliata is a plant species in the genus Bergenia.Bergenin, catechin and gallic acid can be found in B. ciliata....

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