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Acanthospermum hispidum
Acanthospermum hispidum
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Dr. Maulik Gadani
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Botanical Name :
Acanthospermum hispidum
DC.
Common Name :
Bristly Starbur, Goat's Head
Plant Family :
Asteraceae (Compositae)
Plant Form :
Herb
Occurrence (Special Areas) :
Aranya Van
About Acanthospermum hispidum Plant :
Habit :
An annual erect herb.
Stem :
Hispid, Dichotomously branched, suffruticose.
Leaves :
Sessile or sub-sessile, obovate or spathulate, membranous, sub-hispid, sub-dentate, base cuneate, appressed-hairy.
Inflorescence :
Head (Capitulum), pale-yellow, solitary, axillary or between forks of branches pedunculate.
Flowers :
Heterogamous, ray florets in one series, female; disc florets tubular, male; involucral bracts in one series, usually about 5 in number. Pappus 0.
The florets are all pale yellow.
Fruits :
Achenes 4-8, tightly covered with prickly bracts of paleae,obconical, stellately arranged, glabrous, with hooked spines.
Flowering and Fruiting time :
August - December
Significance :
The plant is used in the treatment of leprosy.