MPdb: Melghat Plant Data Bank
MH100 : Bidens biternata (Lour.) Merr. & Sherff |
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| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. : | 240 |
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| Plant Location in Melghat : | As a weed in fields,among grasses of forest undergrowth river beds | |||||||||||||
| Plant Category : | Herbs | |||||||||||||
| Plant's Current Status : | - | |||||||||||||
| Plant Family : | Compositae | |||||||||||||
| Plant Common Name : | Yellow Flowered Blackjack, Spanish Needles, black jack, five leaved blackjack, beggar ticks | |||||||||||||
| Synonym : | Actinea biternata (Lour.) Spreng. Bidens abyssinica Sch.Bip. Bidens abyssinica var. glabrata Vatke Bidens abyssinica var. quadriaristata Hochst. ex Schweinf. Bidens biternata f. biternata Bidens biternata f. lasiocarpa Sherff Bidens biternata var. abyssinica (Sch.Bip.) Sherff Bidens biternata var. glabrata (Vatke) Sherff Bidens chinensis (L.) Willd. Bidens chinensis f. simplicfolia O.E.Schulz Bidens chinensis var. abyssinica O.E.Schulz Bidens cylindrica Sherff Bidens kotschyi Sch.Bip. Bidens laciniata Sch.Bip. ex Schweinf. & Asch. Bidens lasiocarpa O.E.Schulz Bidens peduncularis Gaudich. Bidens pilosa var. abyssinica (Sch.Bip. ex Walp.) Fiori Bidens pilosa var. glabrata (Vatke) Vatke ex Engl. Bidens pilosa var. quadriseta (Hochst. ex Oliv. & Hiern) Schweinf. ex Engl. Bidens pilosa var. wallichii (DC.) C.B.Clarke Bidens quadriseta Hochst. ex Oliv. & Hiern Bidens quadriseta var. glabrata (Vatke) Mattei Bidens quadriseta var. incisifolia Hochst. ex Chiov. Bidens robertianifolia H.Lév. & Vaniot Bidens wallichii DC. Bidens wallichii var. bimensis Miq. Coreopsis biternata Lour. Coreopsis biternata var. biternata. |
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| Description : | Erect, 15-20 cm high, glabrous herbs. Stem: tetragonous, sulcate. Leaves: petioles 0.3-0.4 cm long, lamina 2.5-7.9 cm, biternate, surfaces appressedly hairy; lateral segment sub-sessile/petiolule 0.1-0.4 cm long, attenuate at base, ovate, 0.9-4.7 x 0.6-3.3 cm, coarsely dentate or pinnatifid, apex acute; terminal segment petiolule 0.0-0.5 cm long, attenuate at base, elliptie, 1.9-5.3 x 0.8-2.5 cm, with 3-5 pinnatifid lobes on each side, apex acute/gradually acuminate. Flowers: capitula 0.3-1.0 cm across, numerous on divaricate branches, stalk 0.2-9.5 cm long; invol. bracts outer ones linear-oblanceolate, 0.4 x 0.05 cm, slightly accrescent, ciliate; inner ones ovate-lanceolate, 0.5 x 0.1 cm , glabrous; paleae linear-lanceolate, 1.0 cm long, 3-veined, accrescent; ray-florets usually 3, corolla ligulate, 2-3 dentate; disc-florets hermaphrodite, 0.7 cm long, pappus 0.2 cm long, corolla 0.5 cm long, tube 0.2 cm long, lobes acute, pubescent, anthers 0.2 cm long, style 0.5 cm long. Fruits: cypsels linear, 0.2-2.2 cm long, scabrid/glabrous, blackish. Flowers and fruits appears during August-November. | |||||||||||||
| Curated Medicinal Use / Activity : | Plant given in leprosy and skin diseases. Also useful in fistulae, pustules, tumours, phthisis, coughs, bites, stabs and other wounds. Infusion of leaf and root, a remedy for colic, juice of leaves applied to heal ulcers and to cure eye and ear problems. Rrubbed leaves are also used as a haemostatic on wounds, and wrapped around the umbilical cord of babies. Dried flower buds used in toothache. Flowers used in diarrohoia. Plant juice is used for eyesores. Seeds are used to cure anthelminthic problems in animals. Used to treat eye and ear affections (leaf juice); applied to skin affections in general, as a haemostatic on wounds, and wrapped around the umbilical cord of babies (rubbed leaves). The leaf juice is used to treat eye and ear affections. The rubbed leaves are applied to skin affections in general, as a haemostatic on wounds, and wrapped around the umbilical cord of babies. The seeds are applied as an anthelmintic in animals. | |||||||||||||
| Plant's Phytochemicals : | - | |||||||||||||
| Reference : | ~ Dhore MA and Joshi PA; "Flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve"; Directorate, Project Tiger, Melghat (1988); PMID : |
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