Botanical Name Plant's Common Name Plant Family   

   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

Blumea laciniata (Roxb.) DC. - cutleaf false oxtongue