Blumea lacera (Burm. f.) DC.
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 |
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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 | : Blumea DC. - false family |
Species | : Blumea lacera (Burm. f.) DC. |