Botanical Name Plant's Common Name Plant Family   

   MH100 : Bidens biternata (Lour.) Merr. & Sherff

Plant Category : Herbs

Melghat's Flora's Serial No. : 240

Synonym : Actinea biternata (Lour.) Spreng.; Bidens abyssinica Sch.Bip.; Bidens abyssinica var. glabrata Vatke; Bidens abyssinica var. quadriaristata Hochst. ex Schweinf.; Bidens biternata f. biternata; Bidens biternata f. lasiocarpa Sherff; Bidens biternata var. abyssinica ;(Sch.Bip.) Sherff; Bidens biternata var. glabrata (Vatke) Sherff; Bidens chinensis (L.) Willd.; Bidens chinensis f. simplicfolia O.E.Schulz; Bidens chinensis var. abyssinica O.E.Schulz; Bidens cylindrica Sherff; Bidens kotschyi Sch.Bip.; Bidens laciniata Sch.Bip. ex Schweinf. & Asch.; Bidens lasiocarpa O.E.Schulz; Bidens peduncularis Gaudich.; Bidens pilosa var. abyssinica (Sch.Bip. ex Walp.) Fiori; Bidens pilosa var. glabrata (Vatke) Vatke ex Engl.; Bidens pilosa var. quadriseta (Hochst. ex Oliv. & Hiern) Schweinf. ex Engl.; Bidens pilosa var. wallichii (DC.) C.B.Clarke; Bidens quadriseta Hochst. ex Oliv. & Hiern; Bidens quadriseta var. glabrata (Vatke) Mattei; Bidens quadriseta var. incisifolia Hochst. ex Chiov.; Bidens robertianifolia H.Lév. & Vaniot; Bidens wallichii DC.; Bidens wallichii var. bimensis Miq.; Coreopsis biternata Lour.; Coreopsis biternata var. biternata.;

Plant Common Name : Yellow Flowered Blackjack, Spanish Needles, black jack, five leaved blackjack, beggar ticks

Plant Family : Asteraceae / Compositae

Description : Erect, 15-20 cm high, glabrous herbs. Stem: tetragonous, sulcate. Leaves: petioles 0.3-0.4 cm long, lamina 2.5-7.9 cm, biternate, surfaces appressedly hairy; lateral segment sub-sessile/petiolule 0.1-0.4 cm long, attenuate at base, ovate, 0.9-4.7 x 0.6-3.3 cm, coarsely dentate or pinnatifid, apex acute; terminal segment petiolule 0.0-0.5 cm long, attenuate at base, elliptie, 1.9-5.3 x 0.8-2.5 cm, with 3-5 pinnatifid lobes on each side, apex acute/gradually acuminate. Flowers: capitula 0.3-1.0 cm across, numerous on divaricate branches, stalk 0.2-9.5 cm long; invol. bracts outer ones linear-oblanceolate, 0.4 x 0.05 cm, slightly accrescent, ciliate; inner ones ovate-lanceolate, 0.5 x 0.1 cm , glabrous; paleae linear-lanceolate, 1.0 cm long, 3-veined, accrescent; ray-florets usually 3, corolla ligulate, 2-3 dentate; disc-florets hermaphrodite, 0.7 cm long, pappus 0.2 cm long, corolla 0.5 cm long, tube 0.2 cm long, lobes acute, pubescent, anthers 0.2 cm long, style 0.5 cm long. Fruits: cypsels linear, 0.2-2.2 cm long, scabrid/glabrous, blackish. Flowers and fruits appears during August-November.

Plant Location in Melghat : As a weed in fields,among grasses of forest undergrowth river beds

Medicinal Use / Activity : Plant given in leprosy and skin diseases. Also useful in fistulae, pustules, tumours, phthisis, coughs, bites, stabs and other wounds. Infusion of leaf and root, a remedy for colic, juice of leaves applied to heal ulcers and to cure eye and ear problems. Rrubbed leaves are also used as a haemostatic on wounds, and wrapped around the umbilical cord of babies. Dried flower buds used in toothache. Flowers used in diarrohoia. Plant juice is used for eyesores. Seeds are used to cure anthelminthic problems in animals. Used to treat eye and ear affections (leaf juice); applied to skin affections in general, as a haemostatic on wounds, and wrapped around the umbilical cord of babies (rubbed leaves). The leaf juice is used to treat eye and ear affections. The rubbed leaves are applied to skin affections in general, as a haemostatic on wounds, and wrapped around the umbilical cord of babies. The seeds are applied as an anthelmintic in animals.

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Plant's Current Status : -

Plant's Cross Database Reference : 259142

Reference : Dhore M. A. (1984) The flora of melghat tiger reserve - https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2222180815608945 - https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/228951 - http://tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Bidens+biternata - https://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Yellow%20Flowered%20Blackjack.html

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 : Bidens L. - beggarticks
Species : Bidens biternata (Lour.) Merr. & Sherff

Bidens biternata (Lour.) Merr. & Sherff
Bidens biternata (Lour.) Merr. & Sherff
Bidens biternata (Lour.) Merr. & Sherff
Bidens biternata (Lour.) Merr. & Sherff