Tridax procumbens - Coat Buttons

❏ Binomial Name : Tridax procumbens (L.) L.

❏ Synonym : Amellus pedunculatus,Balbisia divaricata,Chrysanthemum procumbens

❏ Family : Compositae

❏ Common Name : Coat Buttons

❏ Tamil Name : Kenathuppoondu

❏ Hindi Name : Tal-muriya, Khal-muriya, Akal Kohadi

❏ IUCN status: Not Evaluated

Tridax procumbens Botanical Description

Procumbent herbs. Leaves 3-6 x 1.5-3 cm, ovate, apex acute, serrate, bulbous-based hairy; petiole 5-10 mm long. Heads 1.3 x 1.5 cm, solitary, on long peduncles; bracts in 3-series, lanceolate, hairy. Outer row of flowers ligulate, female, limb 3 x 2 mm, 3-toothed, white; inner flowers bisexual, tubular; corolla 6 mm long, 5-lobed at apex, yellow. Achenes 2 mm long, obovoid, densely hairy; pappus many, setaceous. Fl. &Fr.: Throughout the year.

Tridax procumbens Medicinal uses

❀ The leaves are antiseptic, haemostatic and parasiticide

❀ A fine paste of the leaves is applied externally to reduce swelling of haemorrhoids and to stop bleeding

❀ The leaf sap is applied topically to sores and ulcers

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