Blumea laciniata (Roxb.) DC. - cutleaf false oxtongue
MH104 : Blumea laciniata (Wall. ex Roxb.) DC.
| Plant Category | : | Herbs |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | 244 |
| Synonym | : | Blumea acutata DC.;
Blumea cichoriifolia DC. ex Decne.;
Blumea crepidifolia DC.;
Blumea glandulosa Benth.;
Blumea laciniata var. laciniata.;
Blumea okinawensis Hayata;
Blumea onnaensis Hayata;
Blumea runcinata DC.;
Blumea sonchifolia DC.;
Conyza acutata (DC.) Miq.;
Conyza cichoriifolia (DC.) Miq.;
Conyza laciniata Wall. ex Roxb.; |
| Plant Common Name | : | Cutleaf Blumea |
| Plant Family | : | Asteraceae / Compositae |
| Description | : | Malodorous herbs 2-18 dm tall from a taproot; stems erect to ascending, usually branched from the base, glabrate to pilose. Leaves oblanceolate, obovate to elliptic in outline, sometimes lyrate, 4.5-36.5 cm long, 0.8-21 cm wide, the lower ones pinnately lobed, sometimes with a large terminal lobe, becoming progressively less lobed above, margins irregularly dentate, the lower ones petiolate, petioles 1-6 cm long, sessile above. Heads in large, terminal, open panicles; involucral bracts often purple-tinged, reflexed at maturity, 1-8 mm long, pilose; receptacle sparsely pilose; corollas yellow, those of perfect florets 5-lobed, 4-5 mm long, those of marginal pistillate florets 2-3-lobed, 3.5-4.5 mm long. Achenes brown, ribbed, ca. 4 mm long |
| Plant Location in Melghat | : | Occasional throughout in river beds |
| Medicinal Use / Activity | : | Mouth diseases of cattle, eczema and skin diseases |
| Plant's Phytochemicals | : | COMPOUNDS: protocatechuic acid; chrysoeriol; apigenin; 4-hydroxy-3,5-dimethoxbenzoic acid; scopolet; Lupeol; Alpha-Amyrin; Campesterol; Beta-sitosterol; ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (5): Lupeol; Beta-sitosterol; Apigenin; Alpha-amyrin; Chrysoeriol; |
| Plant's Current Status | : | - |
| Plant's Cross Database Reference | : | 259142 |
| Reference | : | Dhore M. A. (1984) The flora of melghat tiger reserve
- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19873734
- https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/228954 |
| Reference | : | ~ Dhore MA and Joshi PA; "Flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve"; Directorate, Project Tiger, Melghat (1988); PMID : |
| Kingdom | : Plantae - Plants |
|---|---|
| Phylum | : Tracheophyta |
| Subkingdom | : Tracheobionta - Vascular plants |
| Superdivision | : Spermatophyta - Seed plants |
| Division | : Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants |
| Class | : Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons |
| Subclass | : Asteridae |
| Order | : Asterales |
| Family | : Asteraceae / Compositae - Aster family |
| Genus | : Blumea DC. - false family |
| Species | : Blumea laciniata (Roxb.) DC. - cutleaf false oxtongue |