Pupalia lappacea - Forest Burr

❏ Binomial Name : Pupalia lappacea (L.) Juss.

❏ Synonym : Achyranthes lappacea,Pupalia atropurpurea

❏ Family : Amaranthaceae

❏ Common Name : Forest Burr

❏ Tamil Name : Adai otti

❏ Hindi Name : Undho Bhurat

❏ IUCN status: Not Evaluated

Pupalia lappacea Botanical Description

Straggling herbs, stem densely hispid. Leaves 2-5 x 2-3 cm, obovate, apex obtuse, fulvous tomentose; petiole to 1 cm long. Spike 15-25 cm long, terminal, usually unbranched. Flowers sterile and fertile together in distant clusters; bracts 3 mm across, orbicular; bracteoles smaller; tepals 5, 5 x 2 mm, elliptic, acute, densely covered with hooked bristles, woody; stamens 5, filaments united into short tube at base; ovary obovoid, compressed, style simple, stigma capitate. Achenes 2 x 2 mm, biconvex, brown, smooth. Fl. &Fr.: September-November.

Pupalia lappacea Medicinal uses

❀ The leaves are antitussive, diuretic and febrifuge

❀ The leaves are used in an enema to treat constipation

❀ The leaves are also used in topical applications to treat cuts

❀ A decoction is applied in frictions to treat oedema of the legs

❀ The crushed seeds are considered to be a good remedy for infected sores and phagodenic ulcers

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