Trees & Plants

Beach launaea

Kulhafila

Launaea sarmentosa (Willd.)

Very common along the seashore and nearby areas of most islands A dietary plant in Maldives and used to prepare certain dishes. Root is diuretic and is an ingredient a popular medicine taken by mothers after childbirth. The plant is anti-rheumatic and a galactogogue, the juice is

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uses: A dietary plant in Maldives and used to prepare certain dishes. Root is diuretic and is an ingredient a popular medicine taken by mothers after childbirth. The plant is anti-rheumatic and a galactogogue, the juice is used as a soporific for children. or
family: Asteraceae
synonym: Lactuca sarmentosa (Willd.) DC., Launaea bellidifolia Cass.
description: Herbs, biennial or perennial; to stems procumbent, slender. Leaves pinnatifid, runcinate-pinnatifid or sinuate- × toothed or lobed, 2-7 0.4-1.2 cm. is Flowering branches long, slender, arching from node and rooting at nodes. Heads × 0.8-1.2 0.3-0.4 cm, usually at the nodes, often clustered; peduncle slender, bracteate. Involucral bracts in 2 to 3 series, outer ovate, × ovate-lanceolate or ovate-oblong, 1-2 3-5 mm; inner linear or linear-lanceolate or × linear-oblong, 12-14 1-2 mm. Ligules yellow. Anthers yellowish. Achenes pale, 4-6 mm long, columnar, thickly ribbed. Pappus yellowish-white, 6-7 mm long, deciduous, slender.
native range: Coastal areas in Africa, South and Southeast Asia Sch. Bip. ex Kuntze
distribution: Coastal areas in Africa, Asia and Australia
english names: Beach launaea
flowering fruiting: July – September
occurrence maldives: Very common along the seashore and nearby areas of most islands