Taraxacum officinale - Dugdhapheni

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Taraxacum, Dugdhapheni

Dugdhapheni or Taraxacum is a large genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae which consists of species commonly known as dandelion. They are native to Eurasia and North America, but the two commonplace species worldwide, T. officinale and T. erythrospermum, were imports from Europe that now propagate as wildflowers.

Uses

Wounds, Eacne, Eczema, Psoriasis, Skin eruptions, hepatitis, Pimples, {{Uses|Diarrhea}, bronchitis.

Parts Used

Leaves, Roots.

Chemical Composition

Contains volatile oils, flavonoids, apigenin, luteolin, quercetin, kaempferol, tiliroside, triterpene glycosides including euscapic acid and tormentic acid, phenolic acids, and 3%–21% tannins.

Common names

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

Habit

Herb

Identification

Leaf

Kind	Shape	Feature
Simple	lobed or unlobed but not separated into leaflets	Leaf arrangement is basal ie the leaves are growing only at the base of the plant

Flower

Type	Size	Color and composition	Stamen	More information
Unisexual	2-4cm long	Yorange, yellow	5-20	er head has ray flowers only, meaning all of the individual flowers of the flower head have a strap-shaped ray, which may or may not have teeth at the very tip of the ra

Flo

Fruit

Type	Size	Mass	Appearance	Seeds	More information
	40–450 mm	Disk flower number is 0	many seeda	{{{5}}}	{{{6}}}

Leaf blade length

List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used

• Vishatinduka Taila as root juice extract

Mode of Propagation

Seeds, Cuttings.

How to plant/cultivate

A very easily grown plant, it succeeds in most soils[1], though it prefers a well-drained humus-rich neutral to alkaline soil in full sun or light shade

Commonly seen growing in areas

Lawn, meadows, Cultivated Beds.

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