


Family: Compositae
Synonyms: Carduus flavescens Willd. , Carthamus oxyacantha subsp. noeana Sostak. , Carthamus oxyacantha subsp. oxyacantha, Carthamus polyacantha M.Bieb.
Common name: Wild Safflower, Jeweled Distaff Thistle
Kannada: Kaadu kusabi gida, Mullu shaavanth
Spiny-leaved annual herb, many-branched, florets orange-yellow, achene obovate or elliptic, noxious pernicious weed, not eaten by livestock.
Plant diuretic, plant or flowers decoction anthelmintic for children. Seed oil a dressing for bad ulcers, itch, joint pains, liver diseases. [CRC World Dictionary of Medicinal and Poisonous Plants]
47 Published articles of Carthamus oxyacantha