Laphangium luteoalbum (L.) Tzvelev.
| Synonym : | Gnaphalium luteoalbum L. Chrysocoma villosa Lour. Dasyanthus conglobatus (Lam.) Bubani Filaginella luteoalba (L.) Opiz |
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| Bangla Name : | Bara Kamra. |
| English Name : | Jersey Cudweed. |
| Family : | Asteraceae |
| Disease : | Astringent,vulnerary and gout. |
| Description : | Annual herb, 15-45 cm long, stem simple or branched, softly woolly. Leaves sessile, 2.5-6.3 cm long, spathulate-oblong or linear oblong, woolly on both surfaces. Flowers in dense, leafless, corymbose clusters of yellow glistening heads. |
| Distribution : | All over Bangladesh in fallow lands. |
| Chemical Constituents : | Leaves contain luteolin glucoside. Flowers contain luteolin, its glucosides, a chalcone glucoside, dehydro-p-asebotin and other flavonoids. The plant also contains resin, tannin, essential oil, bitter principles and phytosterin (Ghani, 2003). |
| Uses : | The leaves are used as an astringent and vulnerary. The tomentum is applied as counter irritant for gout. |
| Habit : | Herb |