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Auriculate dichrocephala (Dichrocephala integrifolia)

Dlium Auriculate dichrocephala (Dichrocephala integrifolia)

Auriculate dichrocephala (Dichrocephala integrifolia) is a species of plant in the Asteraceae, herbaceous, erect, cylindrical stem, hairy, complete leaves arranged in a spiral, stalk up to 6 cm, ovate or lanceolate with large and wide serrated margins, up to 14 cm long, and up to 14 cm wide. 9 cm.

D. integrifolia has flowers of different sizes, spreading stalks and fine hairs. Bisexual flowers are green or greenish yellow. The female flowers are numerous, grayish white and purple. Fruit is pale yellow.



This species grows on roadsides, footpaths, river flows and edges of agricultural land, open to shaded areas, rocky areas and elevations of 500-3000 meters.

This plant contains stearic acid, stigmasta-7,22-dien-3-ol, α-amyrin, epifriedelanol, methyl stearate, tritetracontane, routine. Often used to treat ulcers, fever, hypertension, wound medicine, boils, swelling, pneumonia, antioxidant, antimicrobial, anti-inflammatory, cytotoxic, anticancer, medicine for malaria, hepatitis, toothache and diuretic.

TAXON

Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Tracheophyta
Subphylum: Angiospermae
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Asteroideae
Tribe: Astereae
Subtribe: Grangeinae
Genus: Dichrocephala L'Hér. ex DC. in Arch. Bot. (Paris) 2: 517 (1833)
Species: Dichrocephala integrifolia (L.f.) Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 333 (1891)
Subspecies: Dichrocephala integrifolia subsp. gracilis (DC.) Fayed, Dichrocephala integrifolia subsp. integrifolia

HOMOTYPIC SYNONYMS

Ethulia integrifolia (L.f.) D.Don in Prodr. Fl. Nepal.: 182 (1825)
Hippia integrifolia L.f. in Suppl. Pl.: 389 (1782)

PUBLICATIONS

Ghafoor, A. & al. (2021). Flora of Pakistan 224: 1-310. Department of Botany, University of Karachi, Karachi.

Gosline, G., Bidault, E., van der Burgt, X., Cahen, D., Challen, G., Condé, N., Couch, C., Couvreur, T.L.P., Dagallier, L.M.J., Darbyshire, I., Dawson, S., Doré, T.S., Goyder, D., Grall, A., Haba, P., Haba, P., Harris, D., Hind, D.J.N., Jongkind, & al. (2023). A Taxonomically-verified and Vouchered Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Republic of Guinea. Nature, scientific data 10, Article number: 327: [1]-[12].

Kiew, R. & al. (eds.) (2021). Malayan Forest Records 49: 1-403.

Koyama, H., Bunwong, S., Pornpongrungrueng, P. & Hind, D.J.N. (2016). Flora of Thailand 13(2): 143-428. The Forest Herbarium, Royal Forest Department.

Mao, A.A. & Dash, S.S. (2020). Flowering Plants of India an Annotated Checklist (Dicotyledons) 1: 1-970. Botanical Survey of India.

Plunkett, G.M., Ranker, T.A., Sam, C. & Balick, M.J. (2022). Towards a checklist of the vascular flora of Vanuatu. Candollea 77: 105-118.

Pruski, J.F. (ed.) (2018). Flora Mesoamericana 5(2): 1-608. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, D.F.

Rajbhandari, K.R., Rai, S.K. & Chhetri, R. (2024). A Handbook of the Flowering Plants of Nepal 5: 1-432. Department of Plant Resources, Thapathali, Kathmandu, Nepal.

Roskov Y. & al. (eds.) (2018). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands.

Turner, I.M. (1995). A catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Malaya. Gardens' Bulletin Singapore 47(1): 1-346.

Whistler, W.A. (2022). Flora of Samoa Flowering Plants: 1-930. National Tropical Botanicl Garden. Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History.

VERNACULAR NAME

Cameroon : Mbag'api
Chinese (Simplified): 鱼眼草
Chinese (Traditional): 魚眼草 - 茯苓菜
English: Auriculate dichrocephala
Hong Kong: 魚眼草
Indonesian: Seprah, Jukut Meurit
Japanese: ブクリョウサイ
Java: Bandot, Seprah, Wedakan
Khmer: ក្លេត ជុំ ថម - កុប៊ែត ជុំ Klét choum thom, Kombet choun
Laos: ໂຊ ເຄ Cho ke
Macao: 魚眼草
Madagascar: Ahidrindrina
Manipuri: Lalukok
Nepali: हाछ्यून झार - गोरस पान - हाचितु Haachhyun Jhaar, Goras Paan, Hachitu
PNG: Taka, Dekemp, Dakuma-dan
Russian: Дихроцефала цельнолистная
Slovak: Dvojfarbenka celistvolistá
Sunda: Meurit, Jukut meurit
Taiwan: 茯苓菜
Thailand: ผักชีดอย
Vietnam: Rau chui

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