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'''Elephantopus scaber''' is an erect, perennial herb growing up to 80 cm tall. A popular medicinal herb in Africa, where it is often gathered from the wild. The leaves are also sometimes eaten locally.
==Uses==
{{Uses|Asthma}}, {{Uses|Coughs}}, {{Uses|Pulmonary diseases}}, {{Uses|Dyspepsia}}, {{Uses|Diarrhoea}}, {{Uses|Dysentery}}, {{Uses|Oedema}}, {{Uses|Urethral discharges}}, {{Uses|Venereal diseases}}, {{Uses|Skin diseases}}, {{Uses|Eczema}}<ref name="Karnataka Medicinal Plants"/>.
==Parts Used==
{{Parts Used|Young leaves}}, {{Parts Used|Root}}.<ref name="Karnataka Medicinal Plants"/>.
==Chemical Composition==
Elephantopus scaber contains the following compounds Deoxyelephantopin (DET) and Isodeoxyelephantopin (isoDET) can be isolated from the ethyl acetate fraction of ES leaves (10). Several compounds that have also been isolated from ES, such as deoxyelephantopin, 11,13, dihydrodeoxy-GSC Biological and Pharmaceutical Sciences.<ref name="chemical composition"/>
==Common names==
{{Common names|sa=Gojivha|en=Elephant Foot|hi=Samdudri|kn=Hakkarike|ml=Anayatiyan|mr=Hastipata|ta=Anashovadi|te=Enugabira}}<ref name="Karnataka Medicinal Plants"/>
==Properties==
===Flower===
{{Flower|||||Flowering from September to November}}
===Fruit===
{{Fruit||||||Fruiting from September to November}}
===Other features===
==References==
<references>
<ref name="chemical composition">[Chemistry]Journal paper published by GSC Biological and Pharmaceutical sciences Utilization of Elephantopus scaber as traditional medicine and its bioactivity </ref>
<ref name="Leaf">[Morphology]</ref>
<ref name="How to plant/cultivate">[http://tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Elephantopus+scaber Cultivation]</ref>
<ref name=“Karnataka "Karnataka Medicinal Plants”Plants">"Karnataka Medicinal Plants Volume-3" by Dr.M. R. Gurudeva, Page No.153, Published by Divyachandra Prakashana, #6/7, Kaalika Soudha, Balepete cross, Bengaluru</ref>
</references>
