Acanthospermum hispidum - Bristly Starbur

❏ Binomial Name : Acanthospermum hispidum DC.

❏ Family : Compositae

❏ Common Name : Bristly Starbur, goathead

❏ Tamil Name : Kombumul

❏ IUCN status: Not Evaluated

Acanthospermum hispidum Botanical Description

Erect, densely hispid herbs. Leaves 2-4 x 1-2 cm, ovate, apex acute, entire. Heads 4-5 mm long, axillary, sessile; receptacle paleate; bracts 1-seriate, 5 mm long. Outer row of flowers female, ligulate, yellow, 3-lobed at apex. Inner flowers bisexual; corolla 2 mm long, tubular, 5-toothed at apex, yellow. Achenes 5 x 3 mm, obovate, with two diverging long spines at apex, compressed; pappus absent.

Fl. &Fr.: January-June.

Acanthospermum hispidum Medicinal uses

❀ The plant is bitter and aromatic.

❀ It is used in some parts of S.America as a diuretic and sudorific.

❀ It is used for the treatment of scorpion sting.

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