Flowering class: Dicot
Habit: Herb
Sigesbeckia orientalis L.
🗒 Synonyms
synonym | Minyranthes heterophylla Turcz. |
synonym | Sigesbeckia brachiata Roxb. |
synonym | Sigesbeckia caspica Fisch. & C.A.Mey. |
synonym | Sigesbeckia gracilis DC. |
synonym | Sigesbeckia humilis Koidz. |
synonym | Sigesbeckia iberica Willd. |
synonym | Sigesbeckia orientalis f. angustifolia Makino |
synonym | Sigesbeckia orientalis subsp. caspica Kitam. |
synonym | Sigesbeckia orientalis var. orientalis |
synonym | Sigesbeckia orientalis var. tenggerensis Hochr. |
synonym | Sigesbeckia orientalis var. typica Hochr. |
🗒 Common Names
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📚 Overview
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.
Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
Attributions | Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi |
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Habit: Herb
G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
Attributions | G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram |
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📚 Nomenclature and Classification
📚 Natural History
Miscellaneous Details
Notes: Western Ghats, Moist Deciduous Forests
G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
Attributions | G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram |
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📚 Habitat and Distribution
General Habitat
Dry and moist deciduous forests
Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
Attributions | Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
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Description
Global Distribution
Throughout tropics
Indian distribution
State - Kerala, District/s: Kottayam, Idukki, Palakkad, Kannur, Thiruvananthapuram, Thrissur, Wayanad
Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
Attributions | Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi |
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Maharashtra: Nasik, Pune, Satara
Karnataka: Belgaum, Chikmagalur, Coorg, Dharwar, Hassan, Mysore, N. Kanara, Shimoga
Kerala: Idukki, Kannur, Kottayam, Malapuram, Palakkad, Thiruvananthapuram, Thrissur
Tamil Nadu: Coimbatore, Dharmapuri, Dindigul, Erode, Kanniyakumari, Namakkal, Nilgiri, Salem, Theni, Tirunelveli, Tiruvannamalai, Vellore, Viluppuram, Virudhunagar
G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
Attributions | G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
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📚 Occurrence
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📚 Demography and Conservation
📚 Uses and Management
Uses
System of Medicines Used In
Folk medicine
Medicinal
Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
Attributions | Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
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System Of Medicines Used In
Folk medicine
FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants: http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=5713
Attributions | FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants: http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=5713 |
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📚 Information Listing
References
- Sigesbeckia orientalis L., Sp. Pl. 900. 1753; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 3: 304. 1881; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 704(495). 1921; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 158. 1988; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 254. 1988; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 219. 1989; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 254. 1990; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 266. 1994; H.J. Chowdhery in Hajra et al., Fl. India 12: 407. 1995; Sasidh. et al., Bot. Stud. Med. Pl. Kerala 21. 1996; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 253. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 208. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 170. 1999; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 478. 2009.
- Flora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. II, 1987
- D K Ved, Suma Tagadur Sureshchandra, Vijay Barve, Vijay Srinivas, Sathya Sangeetha, K. Ravikumar, Kartikeyan R., Vaibhav Kulkarni, Ajith S. Kumar, S.N. Venugopal, B. S. Somashekhar, M.V. Sumanth, Noorunissa Begum, Sugandhi Rani, Surekha K.V., and Nikhil Desale. 2016. (envis.frlht.org / frlhtenvis.nic.in). FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants, Bengaluru. http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=5713
Information Listing > References
- Sigesbeckia orientalis L., Sp. Pl. 900. 1753; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 3: 304. 1881; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 704(495). 1921; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 158. 1988; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 254. 1988; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 219. 1989; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 254. 1990; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 266. 1994; H.J. Chowdhery in Hajra et al., Fl. India 12: 407. 1995; Sasidh. et al., Bot. Stud. Med. Pl. Kerala 21. 1996; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 253. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 208. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 170. 1999; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 478. 2009.
- Flora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. II, 1987
- D K Ved, Suma Tagadur Sureshchandra, Vijay Barve, Vijay Srinivas, Sathya Sangeetha, K. Ravikumar, Kartikeyan R., Vaibhav Kulkarni, Ajith S. Kumar, S.N. Venugopal, B. S. Somashekhar, M.V. Sumanth, Noorunissa Begum, Sugandhi Rani, Surekha K.V., and Nikhil Desale. 2016. (envis.frlht.org / frlhtenvis.nic.in). FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants, Bengaluru. http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=5713
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🐾 Taxonomy
Root | Root |
Kingdom | Plantae |
Phylum | Tracheophyta |
Class | Magnoliopsida |
Order | Asterales |
Family | Asteraceae |
Genus | Sigesbeckia |
Species | Sigesbeckia orientalis L. |
📊 Temporal Distribution
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