Launaea ASPLENIIFOLIA Hook. f.
| Synonym : | Ammoseris aspleniifolia (Willd.) D.Dietr. Chondrilla aspleniifolia (Willd.) Poir. Microrhynchus aspleniifolius (Willd.) DC. Prenanthes aspleniifolia Willd. |
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| Bangla Name : | Tik-chana, Tik-dana. |
| English Name : | - |
| Family : | Asteraceae |
| Disease : | Lactagogue. |
| Description : | A biennial or perennial glabrous herb with a slender, vertical, very long rootstock. Leaves sessile or subsessile, 7.5-15 cm long, narrowly obovate, sinuate-lobed or pinnatifid. Flowering-stems 15-45 cm long, many from the root, almost naked, branches dichotomously divaricating. Heads 1.3 cm, terminal, paniculate. |
| Distribution : | Throughout the country on sandy habitat. |
| Chemical Constituents : | - |
| Uses : | The root of this plant in combination with other drugs is given as a lactagogue. |
| Habit : | Herb |