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Monday, November 5, 2012

Kadu Pahara(Emilia sonchifolia )

























Botanical name:Emilia sonchifolia
Family:Asteraceae
Names in different languages:
    English:
    Sinhala :
 Kadu Pahara 
    Tamil  :
    Sanskirt  :
Distribution:-China, India, Southeast Asia-and naturalized in Africa, Australia, the Americas, and various oceanic islands.
.Edible parts:None
Ayurvedic usage:
Treatment for:Wounds, Scorpion bites, Insect bites,Eczemas, Ulcers, Cut injuries.
Parts used to make medicine:Whole plant
Propagation:Seeds

















A perennial herb with prostrate or decumbent stems, becoming erect at the ends, much branched, glabrous and often rooting; leaves simple, alternate, 
sessile.

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