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[[File:Cyanthillium cinereum - flower.JPG|thumb|right|''Sahadevi'', ''Cyanthillium cinereum'']]
'''Sahadevi''' is an erect, branching, annual plant. It grows upto 15 - 80cm tall. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food and medicine.
==Uses==
{{Uses|Wound healing}}, {{Uses|Renal calculi}}, {{Uses|Burning micturition}}, {{Uses|Insomnia}}, {{Uses|Skin diseases}}, {{Uses|Intestinal worms}}.<ref name="Uses"/> ===Food===Cyanthillium cinereum can be used in Food. Tender leaves are cooked as vegetable.<ref name="UsesForest foods of Western Ghat"/>
==Parts Used==
==Chemical Composition==
It contains Caryophyllene oxide (16.7 %) was the major compound followed by n-hexadecanoic acid (8.9 %) and phytol etc.<ref name="Chemical Composition"/>
==Common names==
{{Common names|kn=Dandothpala, Gaaya doppalu, Gaayathoppalu, Kaadu hoge soppu, Sahadevi|ml=Puvamkuruntal|sa=Sahadevi, Ardhaprasadana, Dandotpala, Vishvadeva|ta=Cakatevi, Cirilai, Citevi, Cenkalunir, Puvamkuruntal|te=Garita kammi, Garitikamma, Gharitikamini|hi=Daudotpala, Kalgira, Kaljiri, Sadodi, Sadori, Sahadevi|en=Ash-colour fleabane, Purple fleabane}}.<ref name="Common names"/>
==Properties==
Kapha, Vata
===Prabhava===
===Nutritional components===
Cyanthillium cinereum Contains the Following nutritional components like - Vitamin-A, B and C; Tannins; Flavonoides; Saponins; Glycosides; Calcium, Copper, Iron, Magnesium, Manganese, Potassium, Phosphorus, Sodium, Sulphur Zinc<ref name="Forest foods of Western Ghat"/>
==Habit==
{{Habit|Herb}}
==Identification==
==How to plant/cultivate==
Cyanthillium cinereum is available through July to February<ref name="Forest foods of Western Ghat"/>.
===Season to grow===
<references>
<ref name="Uses">[https://easyayurveda.com/2016/10/13/vernonia-cinerea-sahadevi-purple-fleabane/ Uses]</ref>
<ref name="Leaf">[http://FLOWERING PLANTS OF KERALA VER.2, by N. Sasidharan BOTANIC DESCRIPTION]</ref>
<ref name="Common names">[http://envis.frlht.org/bot_search Vernacular names]</ref>
<ref name="Chemical Composition">[https://www.researchgate.net/publication/328234106_Chemical_composition_of_Cyanthillium_cinereum_L_H_Rob_essential_oil_and_its_molecular_docking_study_against_bacterial_proteins Chemical constituents]</ref><ref name="Forest foods of Western Ghat">"Forest food for Northern region of Western Ghats" by Dr. Mandar N. Datar and Dr. Anuradha S. Upadhye, Page No.149, Published by Maharashtra Association for the Cultivation of Science (MACS) Agharkar Research Institute, Gopal Ganesh Agarkar Road, Pune</ref>
</references>
==External Links==
* [http://tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Cyanthillium+cinereumCyanthillium cinereum on theferns.info]* [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3137564/Cyanthillium cinereum on ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]
[[Category:Herbs]]
[[Category:Asteraceae]]
