Botanical Name Plant's Common Name Plant Family   

   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;

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
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

Lagascea mollis Cav. - silkleaf
Lagascea mollis Cav. - silkleaf
Lagascea mollis Cav. - silkleaf
Lagascea mollis Cav. - silkleaf