Economic Botany Herbarium Details

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Economic Botany Herbarium Details

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Barcode: CAL0000009317

Family: ASTERACEAE

Scientific Name: Pluchea indica Less.

Collector: R.P. Dwivedi

Country: India

Uses: Roots and leaves are antipyretic and diaphoretic. Leaf-juice is used in dysentery, leaf infusion in lumbago and leucorrhoea. Leaves are used in poultices against atonic and gangrenous ulcers.