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pentacosane (15.7%), heptacosane (13.1%) and nonacosane (8.1%) whereas the essential oil from J. maritima subsp. bicolor was characterised by the presence of hexadecanoic acid (14.6%), caryophyllene oxide (9.3%) and hexahydrofarnesylacetone (6.5%)<ref name="chemical composition"/>
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Pentacosane (15.7%), heptacosane (13.1%) and nonacosane (8.1%) whereas the essential oil from J. maritima subsp. bicolor was characterised by the presence of hexadecanoic acid (14.6%), caryophyllene oxide (9.3%) and hexahydrofarnesylacetone (6.5%)<ref name="chemical composition"/>
  
 
==Common names==
 
==Common names==

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Ragwort, Jacobaea vulgaris

Jacobaea vulgaris, syn. Senecio jacobaea, is a very common wild flower in the family Asteraceae that is native to northern Eurasia, usually in dry, open places, and has also been widely distributed as a weed elsewhere.

Common names include ragwort, common ragwort, stinking willie, tansy ragwort, benweed, St. James-wort, stinking nanny/ninny/willy, staggerwort, dog standard, cankerwort, stammerwort, mare's fart and cushag. In the western United States it is generally known as tansy ragwort, or tansy, though its resemblance to the true tansy is superficial.

Uses

burns, sores, cancerous ulcers, eye inflammation, ulcerated mouths, ulcerated throats, internal bruises, wounds, dysmenorrhoea

Parts Used

Fruits, Flowers.

Chemical Composition

Pentacosane (15.7%), heptacosane (13.1%) and nonacosane (8.1%) whereas the essential oil from J. maritima subsp. bicolor was characterised by the presence of hexadecanoic acid (14.6%), caryophyllene oxide (9.3%) and hexahydrofarnesylacetone (6.5%)[1]

Common names

Language Common name
Kannada
Hindi
Malayalam
Tamil
Telugu
Marathi NA
Gujarathi NA
Punjabi NA
Kashmiri NA
Sanskrit
English Ragwort


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

Perennial herb

Identification

Leaf

Kind Shape Feature
Simple deeply lobed The leaves of the basal rosette have petioles, cauline (stem) leaves are sessile and both are deeply lobed and alternate

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Flower

Type Size Color and composition Stamen More information
Unisexual 0.8 in. (2 cm) in diameter Yellow 5-20 Flowering occurs in summer to early fall

Fruit

Type Size Mass Appearance Seeds More information
simple 7–10 mm Fruit are small and have a persistent ring of white hairs (pappus) attached 60,000-70,000 {{{6}}}

Other features

List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used

Where to get the saplings

Mode of Propagation

Seeds, Cuttings.

How to plant/cultivate

Succeeding on all but the poorest soils, this plant is a declared noxious weed in Britain spreading freely by seed[3]

Commonly seen growing in areas

Waste ground, poorest soils.

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References

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