Vicoa indica
Vicoa indica
Vicoa indica
MH139 : Vicoa indica (L.) DC.
| Plant Category | : | Herbs |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | 281 |
| Synonym | : | Pentanema indicum (L.) Ling.;
Conyza kotschyi (Sch.Bip. ex Schweinf. & Asch.) Sch.Bip. ex Schweinf.; Doronicum calcaratum Roxb.; Erigeron linearis Spreng. ex DC.; Erigeron sanguineus Parsa; Inula indica L.; Inula leptoclada Webb; Inulaster kotschyi Sch.Bip. ex Hochst.; Varthemia kotschyi Sch.Bip. ex Schweinf. & Asch.; Vicoa auriculata Cass.; Vicoa leptoclada (Webb) Dandy.; |
| Plant Common Name | : | Sonkadi, Indian pentanema, sonsali, bichhloo, muguti soppu, sonkadi, pahenlo jhurjhuri; jimikki-p-pu, mukkutti-p-puntu, adavi proddu-tirugudu, Banjauri |
| Plant Family | : | Asteraceae / Compositae |
| Description | : | Sonkadi is an erect annual herb, 1-3 ft tall. Stems are branched in the upper part. Branches are cylindrical and leafy. Alternately arranged, oblong-lancelike leaves are stalkless, 3-8 cm long, and hairy. The leaves have rounded "ears" at the base. Yellow flower-heads, 1-2 cm across, occur singly on slender stalks. Ray flowers are 12-24, narrow, 3-toothed at the tip. Disc flowers are yellow. This flower can be easily distinguished from Sonsari by the number of "petals" (ray flowers) in the two. |
| Plant Location in Melghat | : | - |
| Medicinal Use / Activity | : | anti-viral; an antifertility agent; contraceptive; |
| Plant's Phytochemicals | : | COMPOUNDS: epilupeol; epilupeol acetate; germacranolide; ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (1): Lupeol; |
| Plant's Current Status | : | |
| Plant's Cross Database Reference | : | 259142 |
| Reference | : | Dhore M. A. (1984) The flora of melghat tiger reserve
- http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Sonkadi.html
- https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.3109/13880209009082791
- https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0031942297011369
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| Reference | : | ~ Dhore MA and Joshi PA; "Flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve"; Directorate, Project Tiger, Melghat (1988); PMID : ~ Bhogaonkar PY and Devarkar VD; "Ethnomedicinal plants used in skin treatment by Korkus of Melghat Dist. Amravati (MS), India"; Life Sciences Leaflets (2011); 178-191 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 | : Vicoa |
| Species | : Vicoa indica |