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Chandresh Dhulia
Common name:
Kasturi Kamal •Hindi:
कतर ू
कमल
KasturiKamal •Nepali:
कपासे
फल ू
Kapase phool
Botanical name:
Saussureagossypiphora
Family:
Asteraceae
(Sunflower family)Kasturi kamal plant looks like a wooly snow-ball. It is adensely white- or grey-wooly more or less globular highaltitude plant. Stem 10-20 sm, stout, hollow, enlarged club-shaped and densely leafy above, base covered with blackshining leaf bases. Leaves linear, coarsely toothed or lobed,embedded in dense wooly hairs. Flower-heads purple,cylindrical 1.3-2 cm long, deeply embedded in woolly hairs anddensely clustered at the top of the stem. Kasturi kamal isnative to the Himalayas, and found at altitudes of 4300-5600m.
Medicinal uses:
The wool of this herb is applied to cuts,where it sticks compactly, seals the wound.
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ative
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Shaista Ahmad
Common name:
Coffee Senna, coffeeweed, Negro coffee•Hindi: Kasunda, Bari kasondi •Marathi: ran-takda, kasivda,
kasoda, rankasvinda •Tamil: Nattam takarai, Payaverai•Malayalam: Mattantakara •Telugu: Thangedu •Kannada:
Kolthogache •Bengali: Kalkashunda •Oriya: Kasundri •Urdu:
Kasonji •Assamese: Hant-thenga •Gujarati: Kasundri
•Sanskrit: Kasamarda, Vimarda, Arimarda
Botanical name:
Cassiaoccidentalis
Family:
Caesalpiniaceae
(Gulmohar family)
Synonyms:
Senna occidentalisCoffee Senna is a smooth annual that can grow up to 2 m tall.The leaves are compound, leaflets, in 4-6 pairs, have a sharptip. These leaflets are 2-9 cm long and 2-3 cm wide with adistinct gland 3-5 mm from the base of the stalk. Flowersoccur in leaf axils. Sepals are green and 6-9 mm long. Thepetals are yellow and 1-2 cm long. The 6-7 stamens are of twodifferent lengths. The seed pods are dark brown, 8 to 12 cm
long, 7-10 mm wide and curve slightly upward. The seeds aredull brown, 4-5 mm long and flattened on both ends. Theseeds can be roasted and made into a coffee-like drink.
Medicinal uses:
The seed is bitter and has purgativeproperties. It is also used as a diuretic, liver detoxifier, as ahepato-tonic (balances and strengthens the liver). Further,used in whooping cough and convulsion.
Identification credit:
Sankara Rao
Photographed in Bangalore & Delhi.
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