Spilanthes ciliata
| Author : HBK |
| Family : Asteraceae |
Habit: Herb |
| Sanskrit: - |
| English: - |
Leaf, flowers
toothaches, kills mosquito larvae, promote salviation
α & β-amyrin ester, myricyl alcohol, stigmasterol, spilanthol
Spilanthes ciliata |
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| Description | ||||||
| A diffuse herb, rooting at lower nodes, with ovate leaves, sub-globose, axillary and terminal, yellow rayed heads with 8-12 ray-florets, female and bisexual disc-florets becoming conical and containing black, oblong, laterally compressed achenes with pappus hairs. | ||||||
| Useful part | ||||||
Leaf, flowers |
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| Medicinal Uses | ||||||
toothaches, kills mosquito larvae, promote salviation |
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| Major chemical constituents | ||||||
α & β-amyrin ester, myricyl alcohol, stigmasterol, spilanthol |
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