Dichrocephala integrifolia (L.f.) KuntzeFamily: Asteraceae
Synonyms: Absinthium spathulatum Noronha, Centipeda capensis Less., Centipeda latifolia Cass., Centipeda latifolia Cass. ex Less., Cotula bicolor Roth, Cotula latifolia Pers. [Illegitimate], Cotula latifolia var. javanica Blume, Cotula latifolia var. latifolia, Cotula sonchifolia M.Bieb., Dichrocephala bicolor f. bicolor, Dichrocephala capensis (Less.) DC., Dichrocephala erecta L'Hér., Dichrocephala erecta L'Hér. ex DC., Dichrocephala integrifolia var. integrifolia, Dichrocephala integrifolia subsp. integrifolia, Dichrocephala integrifolia var. sonchifolia (M.Bieb.) Kuntze, Dichrocephala latifolia (Lam.) L'Hér. ex DC., Dichrocephala latifolia f. appendiculata Zoll., Dichrocephala latifolia var. barbareifolia Miq., Dichrocephala latifolia f. dentata Zoll. & Mor., Dichrocephala latifolia f. javanica (Blume) Asch., Dichrocephala latifolia var. javanica (Blume) DC., Dichrocephala latifolia f. latifolia, Dichrocephala latifolia var. latifolia, Dichrocephala latifolia var. sonchifolia (M.Bieb.) Asch., Dichrocephala nilagirensis Sch.Bip. ex Hook.f., Dichrocephala sonchifolia (M.Bieb.) DC., Ethulia glomerata Spreng. ex DC., Ethulia integrifolia D.Don, Ethulia paniculata Schkuhr, Ethulia paniculata Houtt., Ethulia sinapifolia Steud., Grangea bicolor (Roth) Willd. ex Loudon, Grangea dissecta DC., Grangea latifolia Lam. ex Poir., Grangea sonchifolia (M.Bieb.) Loudon, Hippia bicolor (Roth) Sm., Hippia integrifolia L.f., Myriogyne latifolia Hassk.
Common name: Bicolor Buttonweed
Nepali: हाछ्युं झार Haachhyun Jhaar, गोरस पान GorasPaan, हचितु Hachitu
French: Dichrocéphale à feuilles entières
Description: Diffuse herbs, hispid. Leaves alternate, 3-4 x 2-3 cm, ovate, apex obtuse, irregularly lobed. Heads 3-4 mm across, globose, in terminal panicles; bracts 1-seriate, lanceolate, acute, ciliate. Flowers two types. Female flowers in several outer rows; corolla tubular, 2-4-toothed at apex, glabrous. Bisexual flowers few, central; corolla 4-lobed at apex, white; anthers 4, connate, included. Achenes 1 mm long, obovate, compressed, 4-ribbed, glabrous; pappus 4 deciduous bristles.
Used for malaria, eye diseases, cataract, dermatosis, skin eruption, headache, sore throat, filariasis, ringworm, psychosis, snakebite, sprain, sinusitis, prolapse of the rectum. Veterinary medicine, for East Coast fever, itch, dermatosis. Magic, ritual, ceremonial, against the spirits. Tender shoot paste applied as a poultice over insect stings, the paste also taken orally in menorrhagia. Heated leaves applied to boils. Seeds rubbed onto pimples on face. [CRC World Dictionary of Medicinal and Poisonous Plants]
Aerial parts used in filariasis, blennorrhea, leukorrhea, insect bites, diuretic, swellings, ulcers. [Handbook of African Medicinal Plants, Second Edition]
Promotes circulation; for irregular menses, sprains; antiinflammatory, antiswelling. [Taiwanese Native Medicinal Plants: Phytopharmacology and Therapeutic Values]
Used in Eye infections. [Toxicological Survey of African Medicinal Plants]
Used for malaria, eye diseases, cataract, dermatosis, skin eruption, headache, sore throat, filariasis, ringworm, psychosis, snakebite, sprain, sinusitis, prolapse of the rectum. Veterinary medicine, for East Coast fever, itch, dermatosis. Magic, ritual, ceremonial, against the spirits. Tender shoot paste applied as a poultice over insect stings, the paste also taken orally in menorrhagia. Heated leaves applied to boils. Seeds rubbed onto pimples on face. [CRC World Dictionary of Medicinal and Poisonous Plants]
Aerial parts used in filariasis, blennorrhea, leukorrhea, insect bites, diuretic, swellings, ulcers. [Handbook of African Medicinal Plants, Second Edition]
Promotes circulation; for irregular menses, sprains; antiinflammatory, antiswelling. [Taiwanese Native Medicinal Plants: Phytopharmacology and Therapeutic Values]
Used in Eye infections. [Toxicological Survey of African Medicinal Plants]
