| PlantID | 0130 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Botanical Name | Tricholepis radicans | ||||||||||||||||||
| Common Name | Patharchatti | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Part used | Flowers | ||||||||||||||||||
| Medicinal Properties | Flowers: aperients. | ||||||||||||||||||
| Medicinal Use | Flowers: useful in fever, general debility, dyspepsia, flatulence and nervous depression(decoction). | ||||||||||||||||||
| Chemistry | NA | ||||||||||||||||||
| Cultivation | NA | ||||||||||||||||||
| Regional Habitat | Occasionally occurs in moist places in the grasslands. Distribution: Ganganagar and Jaisalmer districts of Rajasthan. | ||||||||||||||||||
| Description | It is a small prostrate annual herb, growing up to only 10-15 cm high. The plant is branched from the base. Branches are full of leaves. Leaves: alternately arranged, stalkless, 3-5 cm long, obovate, and bristle pointed. Flower: heads on erect grooved stalks, tube 1 cm long, tubular and purple. Ovoid covering of bracts appears prominently below the flower head. Fruits: cypsels oblong, smooth. Flowers and fruits appears during September-December. | ||||||||||||||||||
| Image | Sorry no image found |
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Tricholepis radicans