Emilia SONCHIFOLIA DC. ex DC.
| Synonym : | Cacalia sonchifolia Hort ex L. Emilia javanica (Burm.f.) C.B.Rob. Gynura ecalyculata DC. Senecio sonchifolius (L.) Moench |
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| Bangla Name : | Sadimodi, Mechitra, Sadusi., Plowi Pang (Muromg), Bel Naw Nuh (Bawm), Fao Ma (Marma), Dandha Upon (Tanchangya). |
| English Name : | - |
| Family : | Asteraceae |
| Disease : | Bowel, cooling, sore throat and diarrhoea. |
| Description : | A glabrous slender herb, 30-40 cm high, erect or diffuse. Leaves very variable, the lower petioled, lyrate or obovate, toothed or entire, the cauline more or less amplexicaul and auricled, usually acute. Heads few, reaching 1.3 cm long, laxly corymbose, flowers purplish. |
| Distribution : | Throughout Bangladesh in fallow lands. |
| Chemical Constituents : | The plant contains a number of pyrrolizidine alkaloids. It also contains simiaral, ?-sitosterol, stigmasterol, palmitic acid and triacontanoic acid. Ethanolic extract of aerial parts contains triacontane, n-hexacosanol, ursolic acid and flavonoids includi |
| Uses : | Decoction of plant is febrifuge and antipyretic, used in infantile tympanites and bowel complaints. Juice of leaves is cooling, prescribed in eye inflammations and night blindness. In Gold Coast, the leaves are mixed with guinea grains and limes and are u |
| Habit : | Herb |