Blumea mollis
MH106 : Blumea mollis (D.Don) Merr.
| Plant Category | : | Herbs |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | 246 |
| Synonym | : | Blumea dregeanoides Sch.Bip. ex A.Rich.;
Erigeron molle D. Don.; |
| Plant Common Name | : | Soft Blumea, Suvattru mullangi |
| Plant Family | : | Asteraceae / Compositae |
| Description | : | Annual herbs, erect, 5-120 cm tall, with a tap root. Stems terete, soft-pilose with spreading hairs and glands, viscid-tomentose particularly on younger parts and on inflorescence axes. Leaves ovate-oblong, chartaceous, 9-11×3.5-4 cm, apex obtuse to apiculate, base attenuate, margins closely doubly serrate, densely silky-villous on both surfaces with soft multicellular hairs and glands, veins 5-7 pairs. Heads in terminal, narrow, compact, spiciform panicle, subsessile to pedunculate. Involucre campanulate, bracts in 3 or 4 series, outer ones shorter, linear-lanceolate, 3-4×0.6-0.8 mm, densely soft-villous and with multicellular hairs and glands; inner ones linear, 5-6×0.2-0.3 mm, margins scarious, ciliate. Central florets pinkish-purple apically, whitish or yellowish at base, 3.5-4.5 mm long, with 5 triangular lobes, lobes pubescent and with sessile glands. Outer florets 3.5-4.5 mm long, 2- or 3-lobed, glandular. Receptacle convex, alveolate, glabrous, 1.8-2 mm across. Achenes oblong, 0.8×0.2-0.3 mm, pubescent. Pappus white, 3-4 mm long. |
| Plant Location in Melghat | : | Frequent in drying ponds,shade of walls, stream and river beds. |
| Medicinal Use / Activity | : | The leaf of the plant is traditionally used for skin diseases and the
boiled herb is used to treat Diarrhea. |
| Plant's Phytochemicals | : | COMPOUNDS: n-triacontane; nhentriacontane;
2,3-dimethoxyp-cymene; chrysanthanone; 2,4,5-trimethoxyallylbenzene; methyl-5-isopropyl-1,2-methycyclopentane
carboxylate; caryophylleneoxide; ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (2): Caryophyllene; P-cymene; |
| Plant's Current Status | : | - |
| Plant's Cross Database Reference | : | 259142 |
| Reference | : | Dhore M. A. (1984) The flora of melghat tiger reserve
- file:///C:/Documents%20and%20Settings/ni3/My%20Documents/Downloads/amutha.pdf
- http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=100&taxon_id=200023561 |
| 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 | : Blumea DC. - false family |
| Species | : Blumea mollis |