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Chinese wedelia

Kudhimerihi
Sphagneticola calendulacea

Occasional along the marshy areas The leaves are considered useful against coughs, cephalalgia, skin diseases and alopecia. The seeds, flowers and leaves are used as deobstruent.

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The leaves are considered useful against coughs, cephalalgia, skin diseases and alopecia. The seeds, flowers and leaves are used as deobstruent.
family
Asteraceae
synonym
Verbesina calendulacea L., Wedelia chinensis (Osbeck) Merr.
description
Procumbent herbs, rooting × at lower nodes. Leaves 2-6 0.5-1.5 cm, spathulate-oblanceolate, acute, trinerved, attenuate, shortly appressed hairy on both the surfaces. Heads 5-7 mm across, yellow, solitary on terminal 3-7 cm long peduncles. Involucral bracts in 2 series; outer oblong; × inner lanceolate, 5-7 1-2.5 mm. Ray florets × few; corolla 6-8 3-4 mm long. Achenes × dark brown, 4-5 2-3 mm, rugulose; those of ray florets triquetrous; and of disc florets compressed. Pappus minute, irregularly margined.
native range
Indo-Malaysia (L.) Pruski L.,
distribution
Pantropical
english names
Chinese wedelia
flowering fruiting
Th roughout the year
occurrence maldives
Occasional along the marshy areas
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