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MH098 : Acanthospermum hispidum DC.

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Melghat's Flora's Serial No. :

237

Class	: Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons
Order	: Asterales
Family	: Asteraceae / Compositae - Aster family
Genus	: Acanthospermum Schrank - starbur
Species	: Acanthospermum hispidum DC. - hispid starbur

Plant Location in Melghat :

In river beds,On open spaces around villages

Plant Category :

Herbs

Plant's Current Status :

Plant Family :

Compositae

Plant Common Name :

Bristly Starbur

Synonym :

Acanthospermum humile var. hispidum (DC.) Kuntze.

Description :

Erect, densely hispid herbs. Leaves 2-4 x 1-2 cm, ovate, apex acute, entire. Heads 4-5 mm long, axillary, sessile; receptacle paleate; bracts 1-seriate, 5 mm long. Outer row of flowers female, ligulate, yellow, 3-lobed at apex. Inner flowers bisexual; corolla 2 mm long, tubular, 5-toothed at apex, yellow. Achenes 5 x 3 mm, obovate, with two diverging long spines at apex, compressed; pappus absent.

Curated Medicinal Use / Activity :

jaundice, malaria, vomiting, cephalgias, headache, abdominal pain, convulsions, stomachache, constipation, eruptive fever, snake bite, epilepsy, blennorrhoea, hepato-biliary disorders, malaria, microbial infection and viral infections

Plant's Phytochemicals :

sesquiterpene lactones
Guaianolide 1
Guaianolide 2
melampolides acanthospermal B
triacontane
Nbutil eicosante and N-heptacosanol
5,7,2’,5’-tetrahydroxy-3,4’-dimethoxyflavone and 5’-acetoxy-5,7,2’-trihydroxy-3, 4’-dimethoxyflavone

Reference :

~ Dhore MA and Joshi PA; "Flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve"; Directorate, Project Tiger, Melghat (1988); PMID :