Baccharoides anthelmintica (L.) Moench
Baccharoides anthelmintica (L.) Moench
Baccharoides anthelmintica (L.) Moench
MH455 : Baccharoides anthelmintica (L.) Moench
| Plant Category | : | Herbs |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | |
| Synonym | : | Ascaricida anthelminthica (L.) Sweet;
Ascaricida indica Cass.;
Conyza anthelmintica L.;
Dolosanthus sylvaticus Klatt;
Phyllocephalum anthelminticum (L.) S.R.Paul & S.L.Kapoor;
Serratula anthelmintica (L.) Roxb.;
Vernonia anthelmintica (L.) Willd.;
Vernonia stenolepis Oliv.; |
| Plant Common Name | : | Kadu Jire, Kali-jiri, Bakchi, Somraji, Kala Jira,
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| Plant Family | : | Asteraceae |
| Description | : | Stout herbs, to 1.5 m high; stems scabrid. Leaves to 13 x 5 cm, elliptic, acute at apex and base, scabrous; sharply serrate; nerves 10-11 pairs; petiole 1-2 cm long. Heads 15 x 12 mm, in lax corymbose panicles; bracts 10 mm long, leafy, oblong, obtuse; inner bracts smaller, 8 x 2 mm. Flowers 30-40; corolla 10 mm long, with a narrow basal part, widen above, lobes acute, glabrous; anthers 2 mm long. Achenes 4 x 1 mm, glandular between ribs, pubescent; outer pappus paleacous, fimbriate, inner pappus 6 mm long, reddish. |
| Plant Location in Melghat | : | Wet places |
| Medicinal Use / Activity | : | According to Ayurveda, seeds are hot, acrid, astringent, anthelmintic; cure ulcers, Vata and Kapha; use in skin disease, leucoderma, and fever. According to Unani system of medicine, the seeds are anthelmintic, purgative; used for asthma, kidney troubles, hiccough, inflammatory swellings, to remove blood from the liver, sores, and itching of the eyes. The seeds are anthelmintic, stomachic, tonic, diuretic and antiperiodic. The powdered seeds are applied externally in paralysis of the legs at Mundas of Chota Nagpur. The juice of the leaf is given to cure phlegmatic discharges of the nostrils. In Ceylon, the plant is used for fever convulsions. |
| Plant's Phytochemicals | : | COMPOUNDS: brassicasterol; stigmasterol; myristic
acid; palmitic acid; stearic acid; oleic acid; linoleic acid; vernolic (epoxyoleic) acid and methyl vernolate; Delta-7-avenasterol; 4-alpha-methylvernosterol; vernosterol; avenasterol; stigmastadienol; vernonine; p-hydroxybenzoyl-vernovan; vernovan; vernodalin; vernodalol; butein; Beta-amyrin; Beta-sitosterol-beta-D-glucoside; vernodalidimers A;vernodalidimers B; vernolic acid; ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (2): Stigmasterol; Palmitic acid; |
| Plant's Current Status | : | |
| Plant's Cross Database Reference | : | 259142 |
| Reference | : | Prabha Y. Bhogaonkar and Pankaj A. Dhole; "Checklist of Flora of Melghat"; Chief Conservator of Forest & Field Director, Melghat Tiger Project, Camp, Amravati (2018 - 2019); Book |
| Reference | : | ~ Prabha Y. Bhogaonkar and Pankaj A. Dhole; "Checklist of Flora of Melghat"; Chief Conservator of Forest & Field Director, Melghat Tiger Project, Camp, Amravati
(2018 - 2019); Book 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 | : Baccharoides |
| Species | : Baccharoides anthelmintica (L.) Moench |