Botanical Name Plant's Common Name Plant Family   

   MH098 : Acanthospermum hispidum DC.

Plant Category : Herbs

Melghat's Flora's Serial No. : 237

Synonym : Acanthospermum humile var. hispidum (DC.) Kuntze.;

Plant Common Name : Bristly Starbur

Plant Family : Asteraceae / Compositae

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.

Plant Location in Melghat : In river beds,On open spaces around villages

Medicinal Use / Activity : jaundice, malaria, vomiting, cephalgias, headache, abdominal pain, convulsions, stomachache, constipation, eruptive fever, snake bite, epilepsy, blennorrhoea, hepato-biliary disorders, malaria, microbial infection and viral infections

Plant's Phytochemicals : COMPOUNDS: sesquiterpene lactones; Guaianolide 1; Guaianolide 2; melampolides acanthospermal B; triacontane; Nbutil eicosante and N-heptacosanol; 5,7,2’,5’-tetrahydroxy-3,4’-dimethoxyflavone and 5’-acetoxy-5,7,2’-trihydroxy-3, 4’-dimethoxyflavone;

ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (1):

Flavone;

Plant's Current Status : -

Plant's Cross Database Reference : 259142

Reference : Dhore M. A. (1984) The flora of melghat tiger reserve - Journal of Applied Pharmaceutical Science 02 (01); 2012: 144 to 148 - https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/32859

Reference : ~ Dhore MA and Joshi PA; "Flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve"; Directorate, Project Tiger, Melghat (1988); PMID :

Kingdom : Plantae - Plants
Phylum : Tracheophyta
Subkingdom : Tracheobionta - Vascular plants
Superdivision : Spermatophyta - Seed plants
Division : Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants
Class : Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons
Subclass : Asteridae
Order : Asterales
Family : Asteraceae / Compositae - Aster family
Genus : Acanthospermum Schrank - starbur
Species : Acanthospermum hispidum DC. - hispid starbur

Acanthospermum hispidum DC. - hispid starbur
Acanthospermum hispidum DC. - hispid starbur