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[[File:Lactuca serriola.jpg|thumb|right|''Lactuca serriola'', ''prickly lettuce'']]
 
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'''Lactuca serriola''' is an annual or biennial plant in the dandelion tribe within the daisy family. It has a slightly fetid odor and is commonly considered a weed of orchards, roadsides and field crops. Lactuca serriola is known as the compass plant because in the Sun the upper leaves twist round to hold their margins upright.[[Western ghats]]
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==Uses==
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{{Uses|Cardiac paralysis}}, {{Uses|Chronic catarrh}}, {{Uses|Cough}}, {{Uses|Swollen liver}}, {{Uses|Flatulence}}, {{Uses|Urinary tract infection}}, {{Uses|Ailments}}.
  
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'''Lactuca serriola''', also called '''prickly lettuce, milk thistle''' (not to be confused with Silybum marianum, also called milk thistle) '''compass plant, and scarole''',<ref name="int"/> is an annual or biennial plant in the dandelion tribe within the daisy family. It has a slightly fetid odor and is commonly considered a weed of orchards, roadsides and field crops.
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==Parts Used==
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{{Parts Used|Leaves}}.
  
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Lactuca serriola is known as the compass plant because in the Sun the upper leaves twist round to hold their margins upright.
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==Chemical Composition==
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Acetylcholine chloride, atropine sulfate, carbachol, dicyclomine, dimethylsulfoxide, ethylenediamine tetraacetic acid, glucose<ref name="chemical composition"/>
  
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== Description ==
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==Common names==
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{{Common names|kn=|ml=|sa=|ta=|te=|hi=|en=Wild Lettuce, Lettuce Opium}}
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Lactuca serriola has a spineless reddish stem, containing a milky latex, growing from 30 to 200 cm (12 to 79 in).
 
  
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The leaves get progressively smaller as they reach its top. They are oblong or lanceolate, often pinnate and (especially for the lower leaves), waxy grey green. Fine spines are present along the veins and leaf edges. The undersides have whitish veins. They emit latex when cut.
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==Properties==
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Reference: Dravya - Substance, Rasa - Taste, Guna - Qualities, Veerya - Potency, Vipaka - Post-digesion effect, Karma - Pharmacological activity, Prabhava - Therepeutics.
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===Dravya===
  
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The flower heads are 11 to 13 mm (0.43 to 0.51 in) wide, pale yellow, often tinged purple, with 12-20 ray flowers but no disc flowers. The bracts are also often tinged purple. It flowers from July until September. The achenes are grey, tipped with bristles. The pappus is white with equal length hairs.<ref name="des"/>
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===Rasa===
  
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== Uses ==
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===Guna===
  
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*Lactuca serriola can be eaten as a salad, although it has something of a bitter taste. Young leaves can be eaten raw or cooked.<ref name="uses"/>
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===Veerya===
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*The Ancient Greeks also believed its pungent juice to be a remedy against eye ulcers and Pythagoreans called the lettuce eunuch because it caused urination and relaxed sexual desire.
 
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*It is used by a growing number of Jews and the Samaritans as the Maror (bitter herb) on Pesach.(Clarification needed) 
 
  
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==Common name==
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===Vipaka===
  
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* '''English''' - Prickly Lettuce.
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===Karma===
  
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== References ==  
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===Prabhava===
  
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<references>
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==Habit==
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<ref name="int">[https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?21365 "GRIN Taxonomy"]</ref>
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{{Habit|Herb}}
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<ref name="des">[http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=242328083  Flora of North America, Lactuca serriola Linnaeus, Cent. Pl. II. 29. 1756.]</ref>
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<ref name="uses">[http://www.survival.org.au/bf_lactuca_serriola.php "Lactuca serriola"]</ref>
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==Identification==
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===Leaf===
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{{Leaf|Simple||Lobed or unlobed but not separated into leaflets and Leaf arrangement is alternate}}<ref name="Leaf"/>
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===Flower===
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{{Flower|Unisexual|2-4cm long|Blue to purple, and yellow|5-20|The flower head has ray flowers only, meaning all of the individual flowers of the flower head have a strap-shaped ray}}
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===Fruit===
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{{Fruit|Simple|7–10|At least a part of the plume is made up of fine bristles|Tuft or plume on fruit|Many}}
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===Other features===
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==List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used==
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* [[Vishatinduka Taila]] as ''root juice extract''
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==Where to get the saplings==
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==Mode of Propagation==
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{{Propagation|Seeds}}.
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==How to plant/cultivate==
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Prefers a light sandy loam in a sunny position. Germination is faily quick.<ref name="How to plant/cultivate"/>
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==Commonly seen growing in areas==
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{{Commonly seen|Roadsides}}, {{Commonly seen|Waste places}}.
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==Photo Gallery==
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<gallery class="left" caption="" widths="140px" heights="140px">
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File:LACTUCA SERRIOLA - VALLFEROSA - IB-051 (Enciam bord).JPG|Flowers
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File:Lactucaserriola2web.jpg|Leaves
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File:Lactuca serriola.jpg|Inflorescence
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File:Kompassla 08-07-2006 9.38.10.JPG|flowers
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File:Kompassla 08-07-2006 9.38.20.JPG|close up of 1 flower
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File:Kompassla 06-07-2006 13.11.56.JPG|cluster of buds
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File:Kompassla 06-07-2006 13.12.04.JPG|plant
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File:20160824Lactuca serriola2.jpg|Seeds
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</gallery>
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==References==
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<references>  
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<ref name="chemical composition">[https://www.hindawi.com/journals/ecam/2013/304394/ Chemicals]</ref>
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<ref name="Leaf">[https://gobotany.newenglandwild.org/species/lactuca/serriola/ Plant charecteristics]</ref>
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<ref name="How to plant/cultivate">[https://www.pfaf.org/User/Plant.aspx?LatinName=Lactuca+serriola Cultivation details]</ref>
 
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== External Links ==
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==External Links==
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*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lactuca_serriola Lactuca serriola-Wikipedia]
 
  
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* [https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?21365 Lactuca serriola on U S national plant germ plasm system]
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* [https://www.survival.org.au/bf_lactuca_serriola.php Lactuca serriola on survival .org]
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* [http://practicalplants.org/wiki/Lactuca_serriola Lactuca serriola on practical plants.org]
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* [https://commonsensehome.com/prickly-wild-lettuce/ Prickly Wild Lettuce – Garden Lettuce’s Wild Cousin]
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* [http://www.luontoportti.com/suomi/en/kukkakasvit/prickly-lettuce Lactuca serriola on nature gate.org]
 
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[[Category:Herbs]]
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[[Category:Asteraceae]]

Latest revision as of 12:51, 29 May 2020

Lactuca serriola, prickly lettuce

Lactuca serriola is an annual or biennial plant in the dandelion tribe within the daisy family. It has a slightly fetid odor and is commonly considered a weed of orchards, roadsides and field crops. Lactuca serriola is known as the compass plant because in the Sun the upper leaves twist round to hold their margins upright.Western ghats

Uses

Cardiac paralysis, Chronic catarrh, Cough, Swollen liver, Flatulence, Urinary tract infection, Ailments.

Parts Used

Leaves.

Chemical Composition

Acetylcholine chloride, atropine sulfate, carbachol, dicyclomine, dimethylsulfoxide, ethylenediamine tetraacetic acid, glucose[1]

Common names

Language Common name
Kannada
Hindi
Malayalam
Tamil
Telugu
Marathi NA
Gujarathi NA
Punjabi NA
Kashmiri NA
Sanskrit
English Wild Lettuce, Lettuce Opium


Properties

Reference: Dravya - Substance, Rasa - Taste, Guna - Qualities, Veerya - Potency, Vipaka - Post-digesion effect, Karma - Pharmacological activity, Prabhava - Therepeutics.

Dravya

Rasa

Guna

Veerya

Vipaka

Karma

Prabhava

Habit

Herb

Identification

Leaf

Kind Shape Feature
Simple Lobed or unlobed but not separated into leaflets and Leaf arrangement is alternate

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Flower

Type Size Color and composition Stamen More information
Unisexual 2-4cm long Blue to purple, and yellow 5-20 The flower head has ray flowers only, meaning all of the individual flowers of the flower head have a strap-shaped ray

Fruit

Type Size Mass Appearance Seeds More information
Simple 7–10 At least a part of the plume is made up of fine bristles Tuft or plume on fruit Many {{{6}}}

Other features

List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used

Where to get the saplings

Mode of Propagation

Seeds.

How to plant/cultivate

Prefers a light sandy loam in a sunny position. Germination is faily quick.[3]

Commonly seen growing in areas

Roadsides, Waste places.

Photo Gallery

  • Flowers

  • Leaves

  • Inflorescence

  • flowers

  • close up of 1 flower

  • cluster of buds

  • plant

  • Seeds

References

  1. ↑ Chemicals
  2. ↑ Plant charecteristics
  3. ↑ Cultivation details

External Links

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