Senecio nudicaulis
Senecio nudicaulis
Senecio nudicaulis
MH366 : Senecio nudicaulis Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don
| Plant Category | : | Herbs |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | 30 |
| Synonym | : | Cineraria pauciflora Spreng. ex DC.;
Senecio blattariifolia Franch.;
Senecio esquirolii H.Lév.;
Senecio pallens Bojer ex DC.;
Senecio yunnanensis Franch.; |
| Plant Common Name | : | Rugel's Indian plantain, Rugels ragwort |
| Plant Family | : | Asteraceae / Compositae |
| Description | : | Herbs, perennial, ± subscapigerous, rhizomatous. Stems solitary or 2 or 3-fasciculate, erect, 30-70 cm tall, simple. Basal leaves rosulate, sessile, oblong-obovate, 3-18 × 1-6 cm, abaxially sparsely arachnoid, glabrescent to glabrous and sometimes purplish, pinnately veined, lateral veins 10-14, midvein and main veins rather prominent abaxially, attenuate to base, margin subentire or crenate-serrate, apically obtuse or rounded. Stem leaves few, usually 3-5, sessile; blade oblong or oblanceolate-oblong, 2-4 × 0.5-1.5 cm, base expanded, auriculate and subamplexicaul, margin crenate-dentate to lobulate, apex obtuse. Capitula radiate, few to many in terminal compound corymbs; peduncles 1-2.5 cm, sparsely arachnoid or puberulent, bracteate, with 1-3 linear bracteoles. Involucres broadly campanulate, 5-6 × 3-6 mm, calyculate; bracts of calyculus 4 or 5, linear-subulate, 2-3 mm, herbaceous, sparsely arachnoid or subglabrous, 3-veined, margin broadly scarious, apically acute and puberulent. Ray florets 13; corolla tube ca. 4 mm; lamina yellow, oblong, ca. 10 × 2-2.5 mm, 4-veined, apically 3-denticulate. Disk florets many; corolla yellow, ca. 6 mm, with ca. 2.5 mm tube and funnelform limb; lobes ovate-triangular, ca. 0.8 mm, apically acute. Anthers ca. 1.8 mm, basally obtusely to subacutely auriculate, appendages ovate-oblong; antheropodia rather short, basally distinctly dilated. Achenes cylindric, ca. 2 mm, pubescent. Pappus whitish, ca. 5 mm. Fl. Mar-Apr. |
| Plant Location in Melghat | : | On vairat hills along moist slopes |
| Medicinal Use / Activity | : | Plant extract and leaves are used in colic, fever and on some skin diseases. Plant decoction given in amoebic dysentery (Bhogaonkar and Devarkar 2002). |
| Plant's Phytochemicals | : | COMPOUNDS: epoxide-II; alpha-humulene; beta-caryophyllene; beta-cedrene; longiborneol; citronellol; ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (5): Caryophyllene; Beta-caryophyllene; Alpha-humulene; Borneol; Citronellol; |
| Plant's Current Status | : | - |
| Plant's Cross Database Reference | : | 259142 |
| Reference | : | Bhogaonkar PY and Devarkar VD (1998) Addiions to the Flora of Melghat (some rare and uncommon plants). Technical Bulletin No. VII. The Directorate Project Tiger, Melghat.
- http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=242348431
- https://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Bare-Stem%20Ragwort.html
- https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/246222
- http://efloraindia.nic.in/efloraindia/taxonList.action?id=5813&type=4
- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25515495 |
| Reference | : | ~ Bhogaonkar PY and Devarkar VD; "Additions to the Flora of Melghat (some rare and uncommon plants)"; The Directorate Project Tiger, Melghat (1998); Technical Bulletin No. VII PMID : ~ Bhogaonkar PY and Devarkar VD; "Some unique ethnomedicinal plants of Korkus of Melghat Tiger Reserve (Maharashtra) "; Ethnobotany (2002); 14: 16-19 PMID : |
| Kingdom | : Plantae - Plants |
|---|---|
| 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 | : Senecio |
| Species | : Senecio nudicaulis |