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Asian ironweed

Submitted by admin on 24 September 2025
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Scientific name
Cyanthillium cinereum
English Name
Little iron-weed
Malayalam name
പൂവാംകുരുന്നില
Common name
Ash colored fleabane

Description

  1. Habit : Herb
  2. Habitat : Deciduous forests, also in the plains 
  3. Leaves : variable, ovate, acute at both ends
  4. Flowers : pinkish
  5. Stem : ribbed, smooth 
     
How to use
  • Colic pain : Root decoction  useful for relieving the pain
  • Fever : Decoction is useful in the treatment of fever
  • Decoction also treats menstrual pains.
Uses

Anthelmintic, diuretic, anti-microbial and anti-inflammatory

Parts used
Whole Plant
Conservation

Propagation & Cultivation

Propagation is through seeds. Each plant yields hundreds of seeds that fly in the wind, spreading the plant to new locations.Once the flowers mature into seeds, the sepals open up completely holding many long brown seeds, having white tufts of hair at the end, called pappus. These seeds are wind-dispersed like dandelion seeds and can fly long distances, helping the plant spread to new areas.