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Latest revision as of 16:54, 4 November 2020

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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.

Uses

Toothache, Boils, Malaria.

Parts Used

Leaves, Young shoots.

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

Annual

Identification

Leaf

Kind Shape Feature

[2]

Flower

Type Size Color and composition Stamen More information
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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

Seeds

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

References

External Links