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Botanical Name Plant's Common Name Plant Family

MH114 : Echinops echinatus L.

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Melghat's Flora's Serial No. : 254  
Class : Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons
Order : Asterales
Family : Asteraceae / Compositae - Aster family
Genus : Echinops L. - globethistle
Species : Echinops echinatus L.
Plant Location in Melghat : Mostly near village sites of buffer zone  
Plant Category : Herbs  
Plant's Current Status : Common  
Plant Family : Compositae  
 
Plant Common Name : Utkatar, Indian Globe, Thistle, Utakatira, Oontkateli, Gokhru, Utkatar, Kate-chendu, Brahmadandi, Brahmadande, Untkatara, Utkanto, Shuliyo
 
Synonym : Echinops spinosus Herb. Madr. ex Wall.
Serratula indica Russ. ex Wall.
Sphaerocephalus echinatus (Roxb.) Kuntze
Description : Indian Globe Thistle is an erect branched herb about a meter high. It has short, stout stems, branching from the base, covered with white cottony hair. Alternately arranged oblong, deeply pinnatifid leaves are 7-12 cm long. Flower-heads occur in solitary white spherical balls, 3-5 cm across. Petals of the tiny white flowers are 5 mm long. Flowers are surrounded by straight, strong, white bristles. Flowering: December-January.
 
Curated Medicinal Use / Activity : Urinal diseases
 
Plant's Phytochemicals : -
Reference : ~ Dhore MA and Joshi PA; "Flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve"; Directorate, Project Tiger, Melghat (1988); PMID :