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Botanical Name Plant's Common Name Plant Family

MH113 : Dichrocephala integrifolia (L.f.) Kuntze

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Melghat's Flora's Serial No. : 253  
Class : Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons
Order : Asterales
Family : Asteraceae
Genus : Dichrocephala
Species : Dichrocephala integrifolia (L.f.) Kuntze
Plant Location in Melghat : At higher elevations such as chikhadara and Makhala plateaux in shaded,moist,open habitats  
Plant Category : Herbs  
Plant's Current Status : -  
Plant Family : Asteraceae  
 
Plant Common Name : Bicolor Buttonweed, Haachhyun Jhaar, GorasPaan, Hachitu
 
Synonym : Absinthium spathulatum
Cotula bicolor Roth
Cotula dichrocephaloides C.B.Clarke
Cotula latifolia Pers.
Cotula sinapifolia Buch.-Ham. ex Roxb.
Cotula sonchifolia M.Bieb.
Dichrocephala bicolor (Roth) Schltdl.
Dichrocephala erecta L'Hér. ex DC.
Dichrocephala hamiltonii Hook.f.
Dichrocephala latifolia (Lam.) L'Hér. ex DC.
Dichrocephala latifolia f. dentata Zoll. & Mor.
Dichrocephala nilagirensis Sch.Bip. ex Hook.f.
Dichrocephala sonchifolia (M.Bieb.) DC.
Ethulia glomerata Spreng. ex DC.
Ethulia integrifolia D.Don
Ethulia paniculata Schkuhr
Ethulia sinapifolia Steud.
Grangea dissecta DC.
Grangea latifolia Lam. ex Poir.
Grangea sonchifolia (M.Bieb.) Loudon
Hippia bicolor (Roth) Sm.
Hippia integrifolia L.f.
Description : Diffuse herbs, hispid. Leaves alternate, 3-4 x 2-3 cm, ovate, apex obtuse, irregularly lobed. Heads 3-4 mm across, globose, in terminal panicles; bracts 1-seriate, lanceolate, acute, ciliate. Flowers two types. Female flowers in several outer rows; corolla tubular, 2-4-toothed at apex, glabrous. Bisexual flowers few, central; corolla 4-lobed at apex, white; anthers 4, connate, included. Achenes 1 mm long, obovate, compressed, 4-ribbed, glabrous; pappus 4 deciduous bristles.
 
Curated Medicinal Use / Activity : Diuretic, Anti-viral, Ulcer and swelling, Blennorrhoea, Leucorrhoea, Filariasis, Malaria, Migraine, Wounds, dyspepsia,
 
Plant's Phytochemicals : Rutin
Reference : ~ Dhore MA and Joshi PA; "Flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve"; Directorate, Project Tiger, Melghat (1988); PMID :