Botanical Name Plant's Common Name Plant Family   

   MH272 : Blumea lacera (Burm.f.) DC.

Plant Category : Herbs

Melghat's Flora's Serial No. : -

Synonym : Baccharis auriculata Wall. ex DC.; Blumea bodinieri Vaniot.; Blumea cernua DC.; Blumea cinerascens DC.; Blumea commersonii Edgew.; Blumea cuneifolia DC.; Blumea dregeana DC.; Blumea elongata DC.; Blumea fontinalis Edgew.; Blumea glandulosa DC.; Blumea heyneana DC.; Blumea hieraciifolia Hook.f. & Thomson.; Blumea holosericea DC.; Blumea javanica (Blume); Blumea lacera var. cinerascens (DC.) Hook.f.; Blumea lacera var. glandulosa (DC.) Hook.f.; Blumea lacera var. hymenophylla (DC.) C.B.Clarke; Blumea lacera var. javanica (Blume) J.Kost.; Blumea lacera var. subdivaricata H.Kost.; Blumea lactucifolia DC.; Blumea musra DC.; Blumea subcapitata DC.; Blumea thyrsoidea Sch.Bip.; Blumea timorensis DC. ex Decne.; Blumea trigona DC.; Blumea velutina H.Lév. & Vaniot; Blumea villosa Sch.Bip. ex Hook.f.; Conyza amoena Link.; Conyza dentata Blanco.; Conyza hamiltonii Steud.; Conyza lacera Burm.f.; Conyza lacera var. wallichii (DC.) DC. ex Miq.; Conyza lacera var. wightiana (DC.) DC. ex Miq.; Conyza lactucifolia (DC.) Wall. ex Mor.; Conyza natans Buch.-Ham. ex Hook.f.; Conyza necessaria Buch.-Ham. ex DC.; Conyza thyrsoidea Pers.; Conyza timorensis (Decne.) Miq.; Conyza velutina (H.Lév. & Vaniot) H.Lév.; Erigeron exstipulatus Schumach. & Thonn.; Placus timorensis (Decne.) Kuntze; Senecio velutinus H.Lév. & Vaniot;

Plant Common Name : Kakronda, Navakkarandai, Rakila, Kukkura-chedi,

Plant Family : Asteraceae / Compositae

Description : White woolly herbs up to 80 cm tall, aromatic, glandular pubescent. Heads lax, paniculate. Achenes terete. Herbs; stems terete, glabrous. Leaves broadly elliptic, to 10 x 5 cm, acute at both ends; irregularly toothed. Heads 7 x 7 mm, globose, terminal and upper axillary, 10-15 together; bracts 7 x 1 mm, hairy at apex, inner oblong, acute, outer smaller. Bisexual flowers few; corolla 4-6 mm long, glandular, of female flowers slender. Achenes ribbed, hairy.

Plant Location in Melghat : -

Medicinal Use / Activity : sores and wound healing, treating bronchitis. The plant also exhibited anti-leukemic, anti-viral diuretic, styptic, astringent and ophthalmic properties. The essential oil from leaves has analgesic, hypothermic, and tranquilizing activities and cytotoxic activities against breast cancer cells and healing cuts. The plant also exhibited stimulant, digestive, anthelmintic, liver tonic, expectorant, febrifuge, anti-inflammatory, anti-pyretic, and anti-fungal activities.

Plant's Phytochemicals : COMPOUNDS: Camphor; cineol 66; d-fenchone 10; citral; campesterol; hentriacontane; hentriacontanol; alpha-amyrin and its acetate; lupeol and its acetate; beta-sitosterol;

ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (6):

Lupeol;

Beta-sitosterol;

Alpha-amyrin;

Camphor;

Fenchone;

Citral;

Plant's Current Status : -

Plant's Cross Database Reference : 259142

Reference : Londhe, A.N., Watve, A.V. & Ansari, M.Y. 2002. “Additions to the flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve”. J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. 26: 385 to 395 - https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/228953 - http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Kakronda.html - https://www.greenpharmacy.info/index.php/ijgp/article/viewFile/1610/834 - http://bioinfo.bisr.res.in/project/domap/plant_details.php?plantid=0010

Reference : ~ Londhe AN, Watve AV and Ansari MY; "Additions to the flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve"; J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. (2002); 26(2): 385-395 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 lacera (Burm. f.) DC.

Blumea lacera (Burm. f.) DC.
Blumea lacera (Burm. f.) DC.