Acanthospermum hispidum - Kadle mullu

kadle mullu, Acanthospermum hispidum

Acanthospermum hispidum is an upright annual plant growing 20 - 80cm tall. The plant is sometimes harvested from the wild for use in traditional medicine.

Uses

Jaundice, Malaria, Vomiting, Headache, Constipation, Snakebite, Epilepsy ^[1]

Parts Used

Stem, Leaves, Root.

Chemical Composition

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Common names

Language	Common name
Kannada	Kadle mullu
Hindi
Malayalam
Tamil
Telugu	Palleru
Marathi
Gujarathi
Punjabi
Kashmiri
Sanskrit
English

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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	Opposite	Leaves 2-4 x 1-2 cm, ovate, apex acute, entire.

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Flower

Type	Size	Color and composition	Stamen	More information
Heads	Axillary	Yellow		Heads 4-5 mm long, axillary, sessile; receptacle paleate; bracts 1-seriate, 5 mm long. Outer row of flowers female, ligulate, yellow, 3-lobed at apex. Inner flowers bisexual; corolla 2 mm long, tubular, 5-toothed at apex, yellow.

Fruit

Type	Size	Mass	Appearance	Seeds	More information
Achenes	5 x 3 mm			obovate, with two diverging long spines at apex, compressed; pappus absent.

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

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Commonly seen growing in areas

Dry areas, Waste lands, Agricultural land

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References

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