Blumea CLERKEI Hook. f.
| Synonym : | - |
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| Bangla Name : | Blumea hongkongensis Vaniot, Blumea malabarica Hook.f., Pluchea hirsuta (L.) Less. |
| English Name : | - |
| Family : | Asteraceae |
| Disease : | Disease: Jaundice. |
| Description : | Description of the plant: An erect herb with simple, elongated, flexuous, pubescent or tomentose stem. Leaves sessile or subsessile, 5-7.6 cm long, obovate or oblanceolate, acuminate, toothed, pubescent or villous beneath. Heads 12-16 mm across, yellow, sessile or peduncled in axillary clusters, forming very narrow, elongate panicles. |
| Distribution : | Chittagong, Chittagong Hill Tracts. |
| Chemical Constituents : | |
| Uses : | The Chakmas prepare pills from the leaf paste for the treatment of jaundice, which are given thrice daily. |
| Habit : | Herb |