Tridax procumbens - Jayanti

Jayanti, Tridax procumbens

Jayanti is a herbaceous perennial plant with creeping stems up to 75cm long that become erect at their ends. The stems produce new roots at the leaf nodes. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as medicine. It is present throughout India as a weed.

Uses

Blood pressure, Headache, Stomach ache, Wound healing, Diarrhea

Parts Used

Leaves, Roots

Common names

Language	Common name
Kannada	addike gida, gabbu gida, gabbu sanna shaavanthi, thale udurohoogida
Hindi	kanphuli, kanphuliya
Malayalam
Tamil	kenattuppuntu, vettukkaaya-thalai
Telugu	balapaaku, gaayapaaku, gaddichamanthi
Marathi	NA
Gujarathi	NA
Punjabi	NA
Kashmiri	NA
Sanskrit	Jayanti
English	Coatbuttons

Properties

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

Habit

Herb

Identification

Leaf

Kind	Shape	Feature
Simple	Opposite	3-6 x 1.5-3 cm, ovate, apex acute, serrate, bulbous-based hairy; petiole 5-10 mm long.

Flower

Type	Size	Color and composition	Stamen	More information
Bisexual	Solitary heads	White		Heads 1.3 x 1.5 cm, solitary, on long peduncles; bracts in 3-series, lanceolate, hairy. Outer row of flowers ligulate, female, limb 3 x 2 mm, 3-toothed, white; inner flowers bisexual, tubular; corolla 6 mm long, 5-lobed at apex, yellow

Fruit

Type	Size	Mass	Appearance	Seeds	More information
Achene	2 mm long		obovoid, densely hairy; pappus many, setaceous.		{{{6}}}

Mode of Propagation

Seeds

Commonly seen growing in areas

Tropical area

Photo Gallery

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  Seed head

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