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Adaptability failure due to low temperature conditions and hence the poor seed germination Keywords Saussurea costus Ayurvedic luxuriantly kuth Pir Panjal and climate change Introduction Genus Saussurea belongs to one of the well known families of angiosperms ie Asteraceae It has more than 300 species Bremer 1994 of which about 61species are known to be distributed in India Hajra 1995 1988 Many of these species are endemic to north western Himalyas Aswal and Mehrotra 1994 reported as many as 46 species in India and among these 5 species namely S atkinsoni Clarke S jacea Klotz Clarke S costus Falc S taraxacifolia among occur in Thalan and Chang regions of valley Neel of Pir Panjal range Saussurea costus is essentially an erect perennial pubescent herb
The root and shoot systems are markedly distinct and the height of plant generally varies between 1 4 meters the roots have been tremendously exploited for sesquiterpenoids which do have a potential medicinal value the leaves are large broad with marked dentition and with a long winged petiole Flowers are are in heads sessile either axillary or in terminal clusters
