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[[File:Ageratum conyzoides 1.jpg|thumb|right|''Vishamushti'', ''Ageratum conyzoides'']]
'''Vishamushti''' is a coarse annual plant with an erect stem and a strong, unpleasant smell. It can grow up to about 1 metre tall. It is a common weed of the tropical zone, it is also sometimes grown as an ornamental plant and is commonly used as a traditional medicine.
==Uses==
{{Uses|Wound healing}}, {{Uses|Anorexia}}, {{Uses|Dyspepsia}}, {{Uses|Renal calculi}}, {{Uses|Hemorrhoids}}.<ref name="Uses"/>
==Parts Used==
==Chemical Composition==
The leaf is reported to contain stigmasterol (59.9%) and beta-sitosterol (26.7%) as major component of sterol faction. The dried flowering plant contains the pyrrolizidine alkaloids, lycopsamine and echinatine.<ref name="Chemical composition"/>
==Common names==
{{Common names|kn=helukasaHelukasa, naayi Naayi thulasi, oorala gida|ml=appa, kattappa, muriyanKattappa, paccaMuriyan|sa=visamustihVisamustih|ta=aappakkotiAappakkoti, pumpilluPumpillu|te=pokabanthiPokabanthi|hi=bhakumbarBhakumbar, visadodiVisadodi|en=goat Goat weed}}.<ref name="Common names"/>
==Properties==
===Flower===
{{Flower|Bisexual|terminal Terminal heads|whiteWhite-blue|5|Heads white, to 7 mm across, in terminal corymbose panicle; bracts 1-3-seriate, 3-4 mm long, elliptic, toothed at apex, 3-ribbed. Flowers all similar, bisexual. Corolla 2.5 mm long, tubular, white, glabrous, 5-lobed at apex. Stamens 5, anthers linear.}}
===Fruit===
{{Fruit|Achene|2 mm long||linearLinear, 5-angled, hirsute along the angles; pappus 3-4 mm long, many, setaceous.|}}
===Other features===
