Cyanthillium cinereum - Ash-coloured Fleabane

❏ Binomial Name : Cyanthillium cinereum (L.) H.Rob.

❏ Synonym : Vernonia cinerea,Conyza cinerea

❏ Family : Compositae

❏ Common Name : Ash-coloured Fleabane

❏ Tamil Name : Mookutthipoondu

❏ IUCN status: Not Evaluated

Cyanthillium cinereum Botanical Description

Annuals or perennial herbs, stem ribbed, smooth or puberulus. Leaves variable, 2-8 x 1-3 cm, ovate, acute at both ends, thinly hairy below; petiole 1-2 cm long, slender. Heads 5 x 3 mm, in terminal corymbose cymes, peduncled; outer bracts minute, inner oblong, acute, cuspidate, hairy. Flowers 5-10, similar; corolla 3 mm long, glabrous. Achenes 1.5 mm long, hairy; outer pappus 1 mm long, setaceous, inner 3 mm long. Fl. &Fr.: Throughout the year

Cyanthillium cinereum Medicinal uses

❀ The juice of the plant is given to children with urinary incontinence.

❀ A decoction of it is also given in diarrhea, stomachache and for cough and colic pain.

❀ Leaves: useful in conjunctivitis, and in lacrimation, eaten as a potherb.

❀ The seeds are made into a paste with lime juice and used for destroying pediculi.

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