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Bidens pilosa
Bidens pilosa is an annual plant producing an erect. The plant is gathered from the wild for local use as a food and medicine. In parts of Africa, the plant is allowed to remain as a weed in cultivated ground, and it is also sometimes cultivated.
Contents
- 1 Uses
- 2 Parts Used
- 3 Chemical Composition
- 4 Common names
- 5 Properties
- 6 Habit
- 7 Identification
- 8 List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used
- 9 Where to get the saplings
- 10 Mode of Propagation
- 11 How to plant/cultivate
- 12 Season to grow
- 13 Required Ecosystem/Climate
- 14 Kind of soil needed
- 15 Commonly seen growing in areas
- 16 Photo Gallery
- 17 References
- 18 External Links
Uses
Parts Used
Chemical Composition
The constituents were separated and purified with silica gel column, and identified by physicochemical properties and spectral methods.[1]
Common names
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Kannada | |
| Hindi | Kumra |
| Malayalam | |
| Tamil | |
| Telugu | |
| Marathi | |
| Gujarathi | Phutium |
| Punjabi | |
| Kashmiri | |
| Sanskrit | |
| English | Beggar Tick, Spanish needle |
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
Identification
Leaf
| Kind | Shape | Feature |
|---|---|---|
Flower
| Type | Size | Color and composition | Stamen | More information |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| {{{5}}} |
Fruit
| Type | Size | Mass | Appearance | Seeds | More information |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Other features
List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used
Where to get the saplings
Mode of Propagation
How to plant/cultivate
A pantropical weed, where it can be found at elevations up to 3,600 metres.[3]
Season to grow
Spring.[4]
Required Ecosystem/Climate
Kind of soil needed
Succeeds in any moderately fertile moisture-retentive soil in full sun.
Commonly seen growing in areas
Damp lowland fields and wasteland, North and Kermadec Islands, Moist places, Open neglected places.
Photo Gallery
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References
- ↑ Chemical constituents
- ↑ [Morphology]
- ↑ Cultivation
- ↑ Season to grow
External Links
- Ayurvedic Herbs known to be helpful to treat Toothache
- Ayurvedic Herbs known to be helpful to treat Boils
- Ayurvedic Herbs known to be helpful to treat Malaria
- Herbs with Leaves used in medicine
- Herbs with Young shoots used in medicine
- Herbs with common name in Hindi
- Herbs with common name in Gujarathi
- Herbs with common name in English
- Habit - Annual
- Index of Plants which can be propagated by Seeds
- Herbs that are commonly seen in the region of Damp lowland fields and wasteland
- Herbs that are commonly seen in the region of North and Kermadec Islands
- Herbs that are commonly seen in the region of Moist places
- Herbs that are commonly seen in the region of Open neglected places
- Herbs
- Pages without herbs images
