Description
It is an annual medicinal herb with variable properties hot, pungent and bitter, antipyretic, good for bronchitis, diseases of the blood, fevers, thirst and burning sensations.
It is an annual herb with a strong odor. Branched & erect stem. Leaves are oblong or oblanceolate with serrated margins. The bright yellow flowering heads are about 8 mm across, borne on short axillary cymes, and collected in the terminal, spike-like panicles. The involucre-bracts are narrow and hairy.
The achenes are not ribbed, are somewhat 4 angled, and are smooth. The plant is astringent, stomachic, antispasmodic, antipyretic and diuretic; cures bronchitis, fevers and burning sensation. Leaf juice is anthelmintic, astringent, febrifuge, stimulant and diuretic; mixed with pepper, it is given in bleeding piles. Roots mixed with pepper are given in cholera and along with rhizomes of Cyperus rotundus given in dysentery.Plant Specifications
*above specification are indicative only. actual dimensions may vary by +-10%
Blumea lacero care