MPdb: Melghat Plant Data Bank
MH271 : Blumea bifoliata (L.) DC. |
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| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. : | - |
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| Plant Location in Melghat : | - | |||||||||||||
| Plant Category : | Herbs | |||||||||||||
| Plant's Current Status : | - | |||||||||||||
| Plant Family : | Compositae | |||||||||||||
| Plant Common Name : | - | |||||||||||||
| Synonym : | Blumea amplectens Thwaites. Blumea oligocephala DC. Conyza bifoliata L. Conyza bracteolata Rottler ex DC. Conyza oligocephala (DC.) DC. ex Miq. |
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| Description : | Viscid pubescent herbs; stems branched from base, ascending, upto 3 m tall, villous, terete. Leaves alternate, oblong-spathulate, 2-7 x 1.5-3 cm, membranous, softly pubescent above and below, glandular; glands stalked, lower leaves cuneate, decurrent to petiole, upper ones truncate, acute, dentate, subsessile, uppermost opposite. Heads yellow, terminal and axillary, 1 or 2, upto 7 mm in diam., pedunculate. Outer involucral bracts lanceolate, acuminate, 4 x 0.3 mm, densely strigose, curved; inner ones linear-lanceolate, acuminate, 6 x 0.2 mm, scarious, sparsely strigose hairy, glandular. Corolla of bisexual florets tubualr, 2.5-4 mm long, 5-lobed; lobes hairy; corolla of female florets filiform, 3.5-4 mm, 2-3-lobed, glabrous. Achenes narrowly oblong with 4-5 hairy angles; pappus white, 2.5-4.5 mm long. | |||||||||||||
| Curated Medicinal Use / Activity : | used as an herbal treatment for the common cold, kidney disease and as a diuretic in Philippine medicine, where it is most commonly known as sambong. It is used to treat infected wounds, respiratory infections and stomach pains. | |||||||||||||
| Plant's Phytochemicals : | Phytol Hexadecanoic acid Cedrene Caryophyllene รง-Elemene |
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| 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 : |
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