Botanical Name Plant's Common Name Plant Family   

   MS058 : Sigesbeckia orientalis L.

Plant Category : Shrubs

Melghat's Flora's Serial No. : 271

Synonym : Minyranthes heterophylla Turcz.; Sigesbeckia brachiata Roxb.; Sigesbeckia caspica Fisch. & C.A.Mey.; Sigesbeckia gracilis DC.; Sigesbeckia humilis Koidz.; Sigesbeckia iberica Willd.; Sigesbeckia orientalis f. angustifolia Makino.; Sigesbeckia orientalis subsp. caspica Kitam.; Sigesbeckia orientalis var. orientalis; Sigesbeckia orientalis var. tenggerensis Hochr.; Sigesbeckia orientalis var. typica Hochr.;

Plant Common Name : St Paul's Wort, Eastern St. Paul's-wor, holy herb, Indian-weed, stickyweedt • Garhwali: lichkura • Gujarati: pili badakdi • Hindi: gobariya • Kannada: antu huvina gida • Malayalam: katampoo • Marathi: katampu • Nepali: dudhe jhaar • Tamil: katampam • Nepali: Dudhec Jhaar, Gobre Jhaar, Nauni Patra

Plant Family : Asteraceae

Description : Erect subshrubs; stem scabrous and viscid. Leaves 7-15 x 3-10 cm, ovate, acute at apex, cuneate and decurrent at base, pubescent, dentate along the margins; petiole 1-5 cm long. Heads 8 x 4 mm, solitary, terminal, on slender, densely hairy peduncles; bracts biseriate, outer bracts spathulate, 8 mm long, viscid hairy; inner ovate, short. Flowers: outer row ligulate, female, inner bracts rows bisexual, tubular; limb of ligulate corolla 2 mm long, 3-lobed, yellow. Disc florets 2 mm long; anthers bases obtuse. Achenes 4 mm long, curved, truncate at apex, 4-angled; black; pappus absent.

Plant Location in Melghat : Fairly frequent among tall grasses

Medicinal Use / Activity : The whole plant is considered to be alterative, anodyne, anthelmintic, antiphlogistic, cardiac, diuretic, febrifuge, salve, sialagogue, stimulates blood circulation. Leaf extracts are widely used for restoring blood circulation; stimulating urine secretion; as a renal tonic; a stomachic; cardiotonic; to facilitate menstruation (as a pain reliever); for treating conditions such as Diarrhea, Leucorrhoea etc., and to cure snake, insect or dog bites. The sap is commonly used externally in the treatment of conditions such as gangrenous ulcers and sores; skin lesions of leprosy; syphilis and other venereal diseases; and as a remedy for ringworm and parasitic infections. The fresh sap leaves a varnish-like covering on the skin when it dries.

Plant's Phytochemicals : COMPOUNDS:

ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (0):

Plant's Current Status :

Plant's Cross Database Reference : 259142

Reference : Dhore M. A. (1984) The flora of melghat tiger reserve - http://tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Sigesbeckia+orientalis - https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/231184 - http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/St%20Paul's%20Wort.html

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 :
Order : Asterales
Family : Asteraceae
Genus : Sigesbeckia
Species : Sigesbeckia orientalis L.

Sigesbeckia orientalis L.
Sigesbeckia orientalis L.
Sigesbeckia orientalis L.
Sigesbeckia orientalis L.
Sigesbeckia orientalis L.