| PlantID | 0085 |
| Botanical Name | Erigeron canadensis |
| Common Name | Jarayupriya |
| Classification | | Kingdom: | Plantae | | Subkingdom: | Tracheobionta | | Division: | Magnoliophyta | | Class: | Magnoliopsida | | Subclass: | Magnoliidae | | Order: | Asterales | | Family: | Asteraceae | | Genus: | Erigeron | | Species: | canadensis |
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| Part used | Plant and fresh leaves. |
| Medicinal Properties | Plant: styptic, diuretic, astringent. Fresh Leaves: haemostatic. |
| Medicinal Use | Plant: used in bowels. Fresh Leaves: useful in haemorrhage, menorrhagia, diarrhoea, dysentery, cystitis, calculus, bronchial catarrhal and haemoptysis.
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| Chemistry | Contains a volatile oil, flavonoids, terpenes, plant acids and tannins. |
| Cultivation | NA |
| Regional Habitat | Often founds in waste places, along roadsides. |
| Description | Erect, annual herbs. Leaves: alternate. Flowers: capitula heterogamous, borne in racemes; Involucre campanulate; bracts 2-3 seriate, numerous,narrow, subequal; ray-florets pistillate, fertile, usually 2-many seriate, ligules prominent; disc-florets hermaphrodite, fertile(rarely sterile). pappus uniseriate; corolla regular, tubular, limb 5-lobed, slightly enlarged. Fruits: cypsels compressed, ellipsoid.
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