Family:
Asteraceae
Synonym: Chrysanthemum procumbens (L.) Sessé
& Moc.
Vernacular
name: Kumminippachcha, kurikutticheera, mukutti pu, muriyampachchila.
Habit:
Herb
Habitat:
Hilly areas
Distribution:
Native of Tropical America; now widespread throughout tropics and subtropics
Flowering and Fruiting: Throughout the
year
Key identification features:
Procumbent herbs. Leaves ovate, apex acute, serrate, bulbous-based hairy; Heads
solitary, on long peduncles; Outer row of flowers ligulate, 3-toothed, white;
inner flowers bisexual, tubular; corolla 5-lobed at apex, yellow. Achenes
obovoid, densely hairy; pappus many, setaceous.
Uses: Treat
bronchial catarrh, diarrhea, dysentery and liver diseases
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