Elephantopus scaber L.
Elephantopus scaber L.
Elephantopus scaber L.
Elephantopus scaber L.
MH116 : Elephantopus scaber L.
| Plant Category | : | Herbs |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | 256 |
| Synonym | : | Elephantopus carolinensis G.Mey.; Elephantopus scaber var. albiflorus Kuntze; Elephantopus scaber subsp. oblanceolata Kitam.; Elephantopus scaber subsp. oblanceolato-oblonga Kitam.; Elephantopus sordidus Salisb.; |
| Plant Common Name | : | Elephant Foot, Prickly-leaved elephant's foot, Bull's Tongue, Ironweed, Samdudri, Ban-tambakhu, Hastipata, Anashovadi, Anayatiyan, Enugabira, Hakkarike, Hasti pod, Gojivha, Sahastra Buti, Chhatre, Mula Pate, Gomukhi,Halahale |
| Plant Family | : | Asteraceae / Compositae |
| Description | : | Scapigerous herbs; whole plant scabrous. Leaves radical, rossetted at base, 6-18 x 2-5 cm, obovate to oblong or oblanceolate, base attenuate, margin crenate, apex obtuse or broadly acute, strigose above; cauline leaves small, narrow, sessile, base amplexicaule. Heads, homogamous, non-rayed, sessile, aggregated in dense, stalked glomerules, substened by 3 ovate, reduced leaves. Involucral bracts 2-seriate, scarious. Flowers 2-5, bisexual. Corolla purple; tube 5-6 mm long, lobes 5. Stamens 5, auricled at base. Ovary 3 -4 mm, oblong; style arms subulate. Achenes 4-5 mm long, 10-ribbed. Pappus of 4-6 spiny bristles, c. 5 mm long. |
| Plant Location in Melghat | : | In forest undergrowth and drying ponds |
| Medicinal Use / Activity | : | Astringent, Cardiac tonic, diuretic, eczema, rheumatism, fever and bladder stones. |
| Plant's Phytochemicals | : | COMPOUNDS: Elephantopin; Naringenin; ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (1): Naringenin; |
| Plant's Current Status | : | Not Common |
| Plant's Cross Database Reference | : | 259142 |
| Reference | : | Dhore M. A. (1984) The flora of melghat tiger reserve
- https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/229620
- http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Elephant%20Foot.html |
| Reference | : | ~ Dhore MA and Joshi PA; "Flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve"; Directorate, Project Tiger, Melghat (1988); PMID : |
| Kingdom | : Plantae - Plants |
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| 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 | : Elephantopus L. - elephantsfoot |
| Species | : Elephantopus scaber L. |