MPdb: Melghat Plant Data Bank
MH138 : Vernonia cinerea (L.) Less |
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| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. : | 279 |
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| Plant Location in Melghat : | In open grasslands and river beds | |||||||||||||
| Plant Category : | Herbs | |||||||||||||
| Plant's Current Status : | Common | |||||||||||||
| Plant Family : | Asteraceae | |||||||||||||
| Plant Common Name : | Sahdevi, Little ironweed, Purple feabane • Hindi: Sahadevi, Sadodi,Puvamkuruntal, Sahadevi, Kuksim | |||||||||||||
| Synonym : | Cyanthillium cinereum (L.) H.Rob. Blumea esquirolii H.Lév. & Vaniot Cacalia arguta Kuntze Cacalia cinerea (L.) Kuntze Cacalia erigerodes Kuntze Cacalia exilis Kuntze Cacalia kroneana Kuntze Cacalia linifolia DC. Cacalia rotundifolia Willd. Cacalia vialis Kuntze Calea cordata Lour. Cineraria glaberrima Spreng. ex DC. Conyza chinensis L. Conyza chinensis Lam. Conyza cinerea L. Conyza heterophylla Lam. Conyza incana DC. Conyza prolifera Lam. Crassocephalum flatmense Hochst. & Steud. ex DC. Cyanopis decurrens Zoll. & Mor. Cyanthillium cinereum var. ovatum Isawumi Cyanthillium cinereum var. viale (DC.) Isawumi Eupatorium arboreum Reinw. ex de Vriese Eupatorium myosotifolium Jacq. Eupatorium sinuatum Lour. [Illegitimate] Pteronia tomentosa Lour. Seneciodes cinerea (L.) Seneciodes cinereum (L.) Kuntze ex Kuntze Serratula cinerea (L.) Roxb. Vernonia abbreviata DC. Vernonia arguta Baker Vernonia betonicaefolia Baker Vernonia exilis Miq. Vernonia fasciculata Blume Vernonia kroneana Miq. Vernonia vialis DC. (=) Blumea chinensis (L.) DC. |
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| Description : | Annuals or perennial herbs, stem ribbed, smooth or puberulus. Leaves variable, 2-8 x 1-3 cm, ovate, acute at both ends, thinly hairy below; petiole 1-2 cm long, slender. Heads 5 x 3 mm, in terminal corymbose cymes, peduncled; outer bracts minute, inner oblong, acute, cuspidate, hairy. Flowers 5-10, similar; corolla 3 mm long, glabrous. Achenes 1.5 mm long, hairy; outer pappus 1 mm long, setaceous, inner 3 mm long. | |||||||||||||
| Curated Medicinal Use / Activity : | Eye problems, The seeds yield a fatty oil and are used as an anthelmintic and alexipharmic; they are said to be quite effective against roundworms and threadworms. They are also given for coughs, flatulence, intestinal colic and dysuria and for leucoderma, psoriasis and other chronic skin-diseases. The seeds are made into a paste with lime juice and used for destroying pediculi. | |||||||||||||
| Plant's Phytochemicals : | (+)-lirioresinol B stigmasterol stigmasterol-3-O-beta-D-glucoside 4-sulfo-benzocyclobutene Lupeol Beta-sitosterol Stigmasterol |
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| Reference : | ~ Boeing H, Bechthold A, Bub A, Ellinger S, Haller D, Kroke A, Leschik-Bonnet E, Muller MJ, Oberritter H, Schulze M, Stehle P and Watzl B; "Critical review: vegetables and fruit in the prevention of chronic diseases"; Eur J Nutr (2012); 51(6): 637-63 PMID : 22684631 ~ Dhore MA and Joshi PA; "Flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve"; Directorate, Project Tiger, Melghat (1988); PMID : |
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