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Taraxacum officinale - Dugdhapheni

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Identification
[[File:DandelionFlower.jpg|thumb|right|''Taraxacum'', ''Dugdhapheni]]
'''Dugdhapheni''' or '''Taraxacum''' is a large genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae which consists of species commonly known as dandelion. They are native to Eurasia and North America, but the two commonplace species worldwide, T. Taraxacum officinale and T. erythrospermum, were is imports from Europe that now propagate as wildflowers. 
==Uses==
{{Uses|Wounds}}, {{Uses|Acne}}, {{Uses|Eczema}}, {{Uses|Psoriasis}}, {{Uses|Skin eruptions}}, {{Uses|Hepatitis}}, {{Uses|Pimples}}, {{Uses|Diarrhea}}, {{Uses|Bronchitis}}.
==Identification==
===Leaf===
{{Leaf|Simple|lobed Lobed or unlobed but not separated into leaflets|Leaf arrangement is basal ie the leaves are growing only at the base of the plant}}<ref name="Leaf"/>
===Flower===
{{Flower|Unisexual|2-4cm long|Yorange, yellow|5-20|er head Head has ray flowers only, meaning all of the individual flowers of the flower head have a strap-shaped ray, which may or may not have teeth at the very tip of the raflowers}}Flo
===Fruit===
{{Fruit||40–450 mm|Disk flower number is 0|many Many seeda}}Leaf blade length
===Other features===
==List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used==
* [[Vishatinduka Taila]] as ''root juice extract''
==Where to get the saplings==
==How to plant/cultivate==
A very easily grown plant, it succeeds in most soils[1], though it prefers a well-drained humus-rich neutral to alkaline soil in full sun or light shade.<ref name="How to plant/cultivate"/>
==Commonly seen growing in areas==
==Photo Gallery==
<gallery class="left" caption="" widths="140px" heights="140px">
 
"Tschanälegi" - panoramio.jpg
2012-04-28 15-12-22 Switzerland Kanton Schaffhausen Ramsen.JPG  File:Taraxacum officinale leaf4 (16189348110).jpg|Leaf
2014-12-25 16 35 32 Dandelion blossom along Terrace Boulevard in Ewing, New Jersey.JPG
 
2015-05 Haus-Mauerritzen-grün 01.jpg
File:Pampeliška.jpg|Seed heads File:Zaadpluis van een paardenbloem.jpg|Seeds
2016.05.28 09.00.10 IMG 6019 - Flickr - andrey zharkikh.jpg
 
Abant 18.JPG
 
</gallery>
==References==
 
<references>
<ref name="chemical composition">[https://www.herbwisdom.com/herb-dandelion.html "Properties"]</ref> <ref name="Leaf">[https://gobotany.newenglandwild.org/species/taraxacum/officinale/ "Characteristics"]</ref> <ref name="How to plant/cultivate">[https://www.pfaf.org/user/plant.aspx?LatinName=Taraxacum+officinale "Cultivation details"]</ref>
</references>
==External Links==
 
* [https://floridata.com/Plants/Portulacaceae/Portulaca+oleracea/1220 Taraxacum officinale on Floridata Plant Encyclopedia]
* [http://www.alwaysayurveda.com/taraxacum-officinale/ Taraxacum officinale on alwaysayurveda]
[[Category:Herbs]]
[[Category:Ayurvedic herbs that don't have seed photosAsteraceae]]

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