Scientific Name: Elephantopus scaber L.
Family: Asteraceae
Vernacular name:
Anayatiyan Habit: Herb
Habitat: Shady forests,
Often on open slopes,
roadsides or forest margins
in valleys
Flowering & Fruiting: May-October
Distribution: Tropical & Subtropical Old World
Key identification
features: Herbs; whole plant
scabrous. Leaves radical, rosetted at base, obovate to oblong or oblanceolate.
Heads, homogamous, non-rayed, sessile, aggregated in dense, stalked glomerules,
substened by 3 ovate, reduced leaves. Flowers 2-5, bisexual. Corolla purple or
white. Stamens 5, auricled at base. Ovary oblong; style arms subulate. Achenes
10-ribbed; pappus of 4-6 spiny bristles.
Tribal Consumers: Adiya
Uses: Elephantopus scaber is used in
traditional medicine for its anti-inflammatory and analgesic properties to
alleviate pain and treat conditions like fevers and respiratory issues.
Additionally, it is valued for its potential in wound healing and as a natural
remedy for various gastrointestinal ailments.
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