Family:
Asteraceae
Synonym: Ucacou nodiflorum (L.) Hitchc., Verbesina nodiflora L.
Vernacular
name: Mudianpacha, Mudiyendrapacha, Mudiyendra Pacha,
Mudundrapacha
Habit:
Herb
Habitat:
Deciduous forests, also in the plains
Distribution:
Native of West Indies; naturalised in India, China, Malesia and Polynesia
Flowering and Fruiting: Throughout the
year
Key identification features:
Erect branches herbs; stem adpressed hairy. Leaves opposite, elliptic-ovate,
base cuneate to truncate, narrowly winged on the petiole, margin serrate, apex
acute, scabrous on both sides. Heads solitary, axillary and terminal,
few-flowered, radiate. Flowers heterogamous, yellow.
Uses: Treatment of
inflammatory diseases, including liver disease, asthma, rheumatism and earache
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