| PlantID | 0049 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Botanical Name | Carthamus oxyacantha | ||||||||||||||||||
| Common Name | Kantiari | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Part used | Seed | ||||||||||||||||||
| Medicinal Properties | Diuretic | ||||||||||||||||||
| Medicinal Use | Seeds: used to cure biliousness. | ||||||||||||||||||
| Chemistry | Plant: luteolin-7-glucd. Aerial parts: sesquiterp. glycd., hinesol-Beta-D-fucopyranoside. | ||||||||||||||||||
| Cultivation | NA | ||||||||||||||||||
| Regional Habitat | An obnoxious weed found amongst summer season crops, also occurs in fallow field, waste places and along road sides. Distrib. Pali, Jaipur and Bharatpur district of Rajasthan. | ||||||||||||||||||
| Description | Erect herb, grows upto 30-60 cm in height. Stem terete, white-puberulous. Leaves: sessile, lamina semi-amplexicaul at base, oblong, oblong-lanceolate, apical leaves very spinous, mid-vein and lateral-veins raised abaxially, terminating into spines. Flowers: capitula 0.7-1.5 cm across, orange-yellow, solitary, terminal. Florets 2.8 cm long, pappus absent, corolla orange-yellow, lobes linear, acute. Stamens 5, filaments 0.2 cm long, anthers 0.5 cm long, apical appendages oblong. Style 2.2 cm long, filiform, simple, stigma hairy. Flowers and fruits appears during May-July. | ||||||||||||||||||
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Carthamus oxyacantha