Glossocardia bosvallia
Glossocardia bosvallia
MH120 : Glossocardia bosvallia (L.f.) DC.
| Plant Category | : | Herbs |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | 260 |
| Synonym | : | Bidens minuta Miré & H.Gillet; Glossocardia linearifolia Cass.; Glossocardia setosa Blatt. & Hallb.; Pectis meifolia Wall. [Illegitimate]; Verbesina bosvallia L.f.; |
| Plant Common Name | : | Pithari, Patthar Suva, Patthar-suva, seri, parpataka, kallu suseege, parpaataka, ghattarasva, phattar-suva, seri, patharasuva, Charak, Parpata, Pithari, Renu, parapalanam, parapalanam |
| Plant Family | : | Asteraceae / Compositae |
| Description | : | small annual herb, 10-20 cm tall. The plant is branched from the base and the branches are grooved. Alternately arranged leaves, 1.5 cm long, are pinnately cut in to linear segments. Yellow flowers are borne in heads carried on slender stalks, in leaf axils or at the end of branches. Outer 3 bracts are 3 mm long, 3 inner ones are 7 mm long, striped. Seedpods are 6 mm, brown, hairy. Flowering: August-December. |
| Plant Location in Melghat | : | Throughout common in open grasslands, fields, on hill slopes |
| Medicinal Use / Activity | : | Healing sores and woundes, Pithari plant is used as an emmenagogue in medicine. In Ayurveda, the plant is used as a substitute for Oldenlandia corymbosa. The tribal inhabitants of western Maharashtra use a decoction of the plant as febrifuge. A paste of the fresh Pithari plant is applied to promote healing of sores and wounds. It has a bitter taste and fennel like odour. Besides serving as a medicinal plant Pithari plant is also used in culinary purposes. People of some states in India take Pithari plant as a vegetable. |
| Plant's Phytochemicals | : | COMPOUNDS: - ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (0): |
| Plant's Current Status | : | - |
| Plant's Cross Database Reference | : | 259142 |
| Reference | : | Dhore M. A. (1984) The flora of melghat tiger reserve
- http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Patthar%20Suva.html
- https://indiabiodiversity.org/observation/show/1731992?pos= |
| 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 | : Glossocardia Cass. |
| Species | : Glossocardia bosvallia |