Botanical Name Plant's Common Name Plant Family   

   MH496 : Senecio bombayensis N.P.Balakr.

Plant Category : Herbs

Melghat's Flora's Serial No. :

Synonym : Senecio grahamii Hook.f.;

Plant Common Name : Sonki, Graham's Groundsel, Bhujbal

Plant Family : Asteraceae

Description : It is seen on hill-slopes, old roofs and forks of trees. It is an erect branched annual herb, growing to 30-100 cm high. Alternately arranged, rhomboid, coarsely toothed leaves are 3-10 cm long. Golden yellow flower-heads are 1-2 cm across. Ray-flowers ("petals") are 10-15 in number, linear oblong. Disk flowers are also yellow, but in a darker shade.

Plant Location in Melghat : Rare, only on and around Chikhaldara plateau.

Medicinal Use / Activity : Leaf Juice used to cure and strengthen bleeding gums and also in stomach problems. Leaves chewed like chewing gum, for strengthening teeth (Bhogaonkar and Devarkar 2002).

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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 :

~ Bhogaonkar PY and Devarkar VD; "Some unique ethnomedicinal plants of Korkus of Melghat Tiger Reserve (Maharashtra) "; Ethnobotany (2002); 14: 16-19 PMID :

Kingdom : Plantae - Plants
Phylum : Tracheophyta
Subkingdom : Tracheobionta - Vascular plants
Superdivision : Spermatophyta - Seed plants
Division : Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants
Class : Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons
Subclass :
Order : Asterales
Family : Asteraceae
Genus : Senecio
Species : Senecio bombayensis N.P.Balakr.

Senecio bombayensis N.P.Balakr.