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Catalogue Number: 53062

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Plant Name 88.00 COMPOSITAE Launaea pinnatifida Entry Book Number
Artefact Name Herb Vernacular Name
Iso Country India TDWG Region India
Parts Held Herb Geography Description India
Uses HerbUse: MEDICINES User: Not defined TDWG use MEDICINES
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Donor Pharm Soc GB Donor No 13 E 2
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Notes: Label source: Stem filiform, procumbent, bearing roots and leaves here and there; leaves crowded, sinuate - pinnatifid, lobes obtuse or sub acute; peduncles rather shorter than the leaf, having at the top scaly bracts which are scarious on the margin. (B, ombay Flora p.132) This plant has fleshy roots about the size of a croquill and 6 to 8 inches long; when fresh they are yellowish white. A section shows a yellow central fibro-vascular column, containing very large fenestrated vessels arranged in a radiat, ing manner. Beyond the radii the parenchyma is loaded with large colourless bodies of irregular size and shape, which gradually dimish in number towards the cortex where the parenchyma is not occupied by them. The cellular structure is delicate and the ce, lls large. These bodies appear to be cells distended by some solid, nearly transparent matter as they always correspond in form and position with neighbouring empty cells This plant is much used in Goa as a substitute for Taraxacum.
Determinations:88.00 COMPOSITAE Launaea pinnatifida
    88.00 COMPOSITAE Microrhynchus sarmentosus

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