Lagascea mollis Cav. - silkleaf
Lagascea mollis Cav. - silkleaf
Lagascea mollis Cav. - silkleaf
Lagascea mollis Cav. - silkleaf
MH124 : Lagascea mollis Cav.
| Plant Category | : | Herbs |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | 264 |
| Synonym | : | Nocca mollis (Cav.) Jacq.;
Lagascea campestris Gardner;
Lagascea kunthiana Gardner;
Lagascea parvifolia Klatt;
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| Plant Common Name | : | Phuli, Silk Leaf, Acuate, American softhead, Jharwad |
| Plant Family | : | Asteraceae / Compositae |
| Description | : | Erect, annual, white-pubescent herbs. Leaves opposite or alternate, 1.5-4.5 x 1-2 cm, ovate or elliptic-lanceolate, base attenuate, margins distantly serrate, apex acuminate, densely whitish pubescent on both surfaces; petiole to 2 cm long. Capitula 1-flowered, aggregated in solitary, terminal, long-peduncled, disciform glomerule, 1-1.5 cm across. Involucre c. 4 mm long, tubular-campanulate, lobes purplish. Flowers white, bisexual, c. 4 mm long, tubular-campanulate; lobes 5, ovate, acute. Stamens 5, included. Ovary oblong. Achenes c. 3 mm long, compressed or 3-angled, black, weakly ribbed. |
| Plant Location in Melghat | : | Throughout common among tall grasses of forest undergrowth,on bunds of fields, in hedges, esppecially around villages |
| Medicinal Use / Activity | : | Leaf paste is applied on cuts or injuries.
Plant ash used on cuts. |
| 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/Silk%20Leaf.html
- https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/230140 |
| Reference | : | ~ Dhore MA and Joshi PA; "Flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve"; Directorate, Project Tiger, Melghat (1988); PMID : |
| Kingdom | : Plantae - Plants |
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| 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 | : Lagascea Cav. - lagascea |
| Species | : Lagascea mollis Cav. - silkleaf |