Synedrella nodiflora - Cinderella Weed

Binomial Name : Synedrella nodiflora (L.) Gaertn.

Synonym : Ucacou nodiflorum, Verbesina nodiflora, Wedelia cryptocephala

Family : Asteraceae

Common Name : Cinderella Weed

Tamil Name : Mudiyan pachai

Synedrella nodiflora Description

Erect branches herbs; stem adpressed hairy. Leaves opposite, 4-8 x 2-4 cm, elliptic-ovate, base cuneate to truncate, narrowly winged on the petiole, margin serrate, apex acute, scabrous on both sides, basally 3-nerved; petiole to 3 cm. Heads solitary, axillary and terminal, few-flowered, 0.5-1 cm across, radiate. Phyllaries 2-seriate; outer foliaceous, inner paleaceous. Flowers heterogamous, yellow. Ray flowers: female; corolla tube 2-2.5 mm long; ligule 1-2 mm long, 2-3-lobed; ovary 3 mm long, oblong, winged; style-arms acute. Disc flowers; bisexual; corolla tube 2-3 mm long, lobes 5; stamens 5, included, ovary 2-3 mm long. achenes 3-4 mm long, dimorphic: of ray florets dorsally compressed, with lacerate wings; of disc florets trigonous, not winged, with 2 or 3 rigid awns.

Synedrella nodiflora Medicinal uses

Economically the genus Synedrella is important because leaves are used as laxative as well as in rheumatism as embrocation.

Synedrella nodiflora Pictures

Synedrella nodiflora - Habit