Vicoa cernua Dalzell
Vicoa cernua Dalzell
MH367 : Vicoa cernua Dalzell
| Plant Category | : | Herbs |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | 31 |
| Synonym | : | Pentanema cernuum (Dalzell) Ling.; |
| Plant Common Name | : | - |
| Plant Family | : | Asteraceae / Compositae |
| Description | : | Herbs, annual. Stems 25-50 cm tall, pubescent. Petiole very short; leaf blade oblong-lanceolate, 5-7.5 × 2-2.5 cm, both surfaces shortly pubescent, base narrower, margin shallowly serrulate or dentate, rarely entire, apex acute or acuminate. Capitula 5-7 mm in diam., pendulous, in sparse corymbs; peduncles slender, usually with 1 small bracteal leaf. Phyllaries linear, apiculate, pubescent; outer ones squamiform. Ray florets 20-40; lamina yellow, linear, longer than involucre, apex 3-toothed. Achenes oblong, ca. 0.6 mm, sparsely pubescent. Pappus of disk florets few, brown, 3-4 mm. |
| Plant Location in Melghat | : | Along the road to semadoh on moist shaddy slopes |
| Medicinal Use / Activity | : | Pentanema cernuum: Root powder given for abortion. Leaf and flower juice massaged over skin to improve skin complexion. Flower juice taken orally for fair complexion (Bhogaonkar and Vevarkar 2002). |
| Plant's Phytochemicals | : | COMPOUNDS: ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (0): |
| Plant's Current Status | : | - |
| Plant's Cross Database Reference | : | 259142 |
| Reference | : | Bhogaonkar PY and Devarkar VD (1998) Addiions to the Flora of Melghat (some rare and uncommon plants). Technical Bulletin No. VII. The Directorate Project Tiger, Melghat.
- http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200024341
- http://efloraindia.nic.in/efloraindia/taxonList.action?id=6106&type=4
- https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/265501 |
| Reference | : | ~ Bhogaonkar PY and Devarkar VD; "Additions to the Flora of Melghat (some rare and uncommon plants)"; The Directorate Project Tiger, Melghat (1998); Technical Bulletin No. VII PMID : ~ Bhogaonkar PY and Devarkar VD; "Some unique ethnomedicinal plants of Korkus of Melghat Tiger Reserve (Maharashtra) "; Ethnobotany (2002); 14: 16-19 PMID : ~ Bhogaonkar PY and Devarkar VD; "Ethnomedicinal plants used in skin treatment by Korkus of Melghat Dist. Amravati (MS), India"; Life Sciences Leaflets (2011); 178-191 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 | : Vicoa |
| Species | : Vicoa cernua Dalzell |