Sphaeranthus africanus L.
Sphaeranthus africanus L.
Sphaeranthus africanus L.
Plant Category | : | Herbs |
Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | - |
Synonym | : | Sphaeranthus africanus var. africanus.;
Sphaeranthus africanus var. suberiflorus (Hayata) Yamam.;
Sphaeranthus alatus Blanco.;
Sphaeranthus cochinchinensis Lour.;
Sphaeranthus glaber DC.;
Sphaeranthus hildebrandtii Baker.;
Sphaeranthus microcephalus Vatke.;
Sphaeranthus microcephalus Willd.;
Sphaeranthus ovalis Steetz.;
Sphaeranthus sphenocleoides Oliv. & Hiern.;
Sphaeranthus suberiflorus Hayata.; |
Plant Common Name | : | African Globe Thistle, Mundi |
Plant Family | : | Asteraceae / Compositae |
Description | : | Glandular viscid herbs up to 30-40 cm tall. Stem with continuous wings. Herbs, erect, stout, aromatic, glabrous; stems upto 75 cm high, winged; wings entire, branches many, divaricate. Leaves narrowly obovate or elliptic, narrowed to the base, obtuse to subacute, sometimes acute, decurrent, forming the wings, subentire to minutely dentate, finely toothed, 1.5-10 x 0.5-3.0 cm, pubescent, glandular. Heads purple or white, globose, on long winged peduncle, 0.5-1.0 cm across. Receptacle orbicular to oblong. Involucral bracts linear to lanceolate, obovate, spathulate; upper ones rounded at apex; lower ones acute to acuminate, 0.3-0.4 cm long. Outer female florets 15-40, 0.2-0.3 cm long; corolla broadly cylindric, obovoid or ovoid. Bisexual florets 1-3, 0.25-0.3 cm long; corolla infundibuliform with a constriction in the middle. Achenes angled, upto 1.2 mm long, glandular. |
Plant Location in Melghat | : | Sipna river bed, Kolkaz |
Medicinal Use / Activity | : | In Ayurveda, the plant is believed to pacify vitiated vata, pitta epilepsy, migraine, jaundice, fever, cough, hemorrhoids, helminthiasis, skin diseases and as nervine tonic. |
Plant's Phytochemicals | : | COMPOUNDS: Carvotanacetone 1; Carvotanacetone 2;
Carvotanacetone 3A; Carvotanacetone 3B; chrysosplenol D; squalene; spinasterol; stigmasterol; ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (4): Stigmasterol; Squalene; Squalene; Spinasterol; |
Plant's Current Status | : | Red List Category - Least Concern |
Plant's Cross Database Reference | : | 259142 |
Reference | : | Londhe, A.N., Watve, A.V. & Ansari, M.Y. 2002. “Additions to the flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve”. J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. 26: 385 to 395
- https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/228345
- https://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/African%20Globe%20Thistle.html
- http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/gcc_141808
- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19670157
- https://plants.jstor.org/compilation/Sphaeranthus.africanus
- https://www.gbif.org/species/7729020 |
Reference | : | ~ Londhe AN, Watve AV and Ansari MY; "Additions to the flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve"; J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. (2002); 26(2): 385-395 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 | : |
Order | : Asterales |
Family | : Asteraceae / Compositae - Aster family |
Genus | : Sphaeranthus |
Species | : Sphaeranthus africanus L. |