| PlantID | 0072 |
| Botanical Name | Glossocardia bosvallea |
| Common Name | Seri |
| Classification | | Kingdom: | Plantae | | Subkingdom: | Tracheobionta | | Division: | Magnoliophyta | | Class: | Magnoliopsida | | Subclass: | Asteridae | | Order: | Asterales | | Family: | Compositae | | Genus: | Glossocardia | | Species: | bosvallea |
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| Part used | Whole plant. |
| Medicinal Properties | Emmenagogue, antiseptic |
| Medicinal Use | Useful in fever, female complaints, pain in eyes and ears. |
| Chemistry | Essential oil: phellandrene, cineole, p-cymene, terpinen-4-ol, beta-caryophyllene, and 7-methoxy-2,2-dimethyl ageratochromene. |
| Cultivation | NA |
| Regional Habitat | Commonly found on hill slopes. Distribution: Churu, jhunjhunu, sikar, jodhpur, ajmer, pali, sirohi, udaipur, dungarpur, jaipur, tonk, bhilwara, bharatpur, kota, swai-madhopur, banswara and jhalawar districts. |
| Description | Prostrate herbs, branched from the base. Branches: 1.0-27.0 cm long, sulcate, sparsely hairy and with whitish, warty excrescens. Leaves: petioles 0.3-2.0 cm long, lamina bi-pinnatisect, surfaces glabrous, segments linear, apex apiculate. Flowers: capitula 0.2-0.6 cm across, stalk 0.15-2.1 cm long and glabrous; involucre bracts outer- 3, ovate, acute and inner- 6, oblong, striate abaxially, glabrous, ciliate, apex obtuse. Ray-florets: 0.6 cm long, pappus-awns 2, smooth, ligule and stiff. Disc-florets: 0.6 cm long, corolla yellow, campanulate, lobes 4, acute; anthers 0.05 cm long; cypsels dark-brown, flat, oblong narrow at base, margins densely hairy. Flowers and fruits appears during August - December. |
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