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Botanical Name Plant's Common Name Plant Family

MH272 : Blumea lacera (Burm.f.) DC.

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Melghat's Flora's Serial No. : -  
Class : Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons
Order : Asterales
Family : Asteraceae / Compositae - Aster family
Genus : Blumea DC. - false family
Species : Blumea lacera (Burm. f.) DC.
Plant Location in Melghat : -  
Plant Category : Herbs  
Plant's Current Status : -  
Plant Family : Compositae  
 
Plant Common Name : Kakronda, Navakkarandai, Rakila, Kukkura-chedi,
 
Synonym : Baccharis auriculata Wall. ex DC.
Blumea bodinieri Vaniot.
Blumea cernua DC.
Blumea cinerascens DC.
Blumea commersonii Edgew.
Blumea cuneifolia DC.
Blumea dregeana DC.
Blumea elongata DC.
Blumea fontinalis Edgew.
Blumea glandulosa DC.
Blumea heyneana DC.
Blumea hieraciifolia Hook.f. & Thomson.
Blumea holosericea DC.
Blumea javanica (Blume)
Blumea lacera var. cinerascens (DC.) Hook.f.
Blumea lacera var. glandulosa (DC.) Hook.f.
Blumea lacera var. hymenophylla (DC.) C.B.Clarke
Blumea lacera var. javanica (Blume) J.Kost.
Blumea lacera var. subdivaricata H.Kost.
Blumea lactucifolia DC.
Blumea musra DC.
Blumea subcapitata DC.
Blumea thyrsoidea Sch.Bip.
Blumea timorensis DC. ex Decne.
Blumea trigona DC.
Blumea velutina H.Lév. & Vaniot
Blumea villosa Sch.Bip. ex Hook.f.
Conyza amoena Link.
Conyza dentata Blanco.
Conyza hamiltonii Steud.
Conyza lacera Burm.f.
Conyza lacera var. wallichii (DC.) DC. ex Miq.
Conyza lacera var. wightiana (DC.) DC. ex Miq.
Conyza lactucifolia (DC.) Wall. ex Mor.
Conyza natans Buch.-Ham. ex Hook.f.
Conyza necessaria Buch.-Ham. ex DC.
Conyza thyrsoidea Pers.
Conyza timorensis (Decne.) Miq.
Conyza velutina (H.Lév. & Vaniot) H.Lév.
Erigeron exstipulatus Schumach. & Thonn.
Placus timorensis (Decne.) Kuntze
Senecio velutinus H.Lév. & Vaniot
Description : White woolly herbs up to 80 cm tall, aromatic, glandular pubescent. Heads lax, paniculate. Achenes terete. Herbs; stems terete, glabrous. Leaves broadly elliptic, to 10 x 5 cm, acute at both ends; irregularly toothed. Heads 7 x 7 mm, globose, terminal and upper axillary, 10-15 together; bracts 7 x 1 mm, hairy at apex, inner oblong, acute, outer smaller. Bisexual flowers few; corolla 4-6 mm long, glandular, of female flowers slender. Achenes ribbed, hairy.
 
Curated Medicinal Use / Activity : sores and wound healing, treating bronchitis. The plant also exhibited anti-leukemic, anti-viral diuretic, styptic, astringent and ophthalmic properties. The essential oil from leaves has analgesic, hypothermic, and tranquilizing activities and cytotoxic activities against breast cancer cells and healing cuts. The plant also exhibited stimulant, digestive, anthelmintic, liver tonic, expectorant, febrifuge, anti-inflammatory, anti-pyretic, and anti-fungal activities.
 
Plant's Phytochemicals : Camphor
cineol 66
d-fenchone 10
citral
campesterol
hentriacontane
hentriacontanol
alpha-amyrin and its acetate
lupeol and its acetate
beta-sitosterol
Reference : ~ Londhe AN, Watve AV and Ansari MY; "Additions to the flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve"; J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. (2002); 26(2): 385-395 PMID :