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''Eclipta prostrata'', commonly known as false daisy, ''yerba de tago'', ''Gunta kalagaraku/Gunta galagaraku'', ''Karisalankanni'', and ''bhringraj'', is a species of plant in the family 
This species grows commonly in moist places in warm temperate to tropical areas worldwide. It is widely distributed throughout
The plant has traditional uses in
Jepson Manual Treatment, University of CaliforniaUnited States Department of Agriculture Plants Profile
{{Taxonbar, from=Q857092 Heliantheae Flora of North America Flora of South America Flora of Europe Flora of Asia Plants described in 1753 Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus Plants used in Ayurveda
Asteraceae
The family Asteraceae, alternatively Compositae, consists of over 32,000 known species of flowering plants in over 1,900 genera within the order Asterales. Commonly referred to as the aster, daisy, composite, or sunflower family, Compositae w ...
. It is widespread across much of the world.
This plant has cylindrical, grayish roots. Solid, circular, purplish stems with white fine hairs 0.8m. Leaves
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arranged in opposite pairs, hairy in two-sided, lanceolate, serrated 2–12.5 cm long, 5-35 mm wide.
The solitary flower heads
A pseudanthium (Greek for "false flower"; ) is an inflorescence that resembles a flower. The word is sometimes used for other structures that are neither a true flower nor a true inflorescence. Examples of pseudanthia include flower heads, compos ...
are in diameter, with white florets. The bumpy achenes are compressed and narrowly winged. Steenis, CGGJ van (1981). ''Flora, untuk sekolah di Indonesia''. PT Pradnya Paramita, Jakarta. pp. 423-424
This species grows commonly in moist places in warm temperate to tropical areas worldwide. It is widely distributed throughout India
India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...
, Nepal
Nepal (; ne, नेपाल ), formerly the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal ( ne,
सङ्घीय लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्र नेपाल ), is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is mai ...
, China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...
, Thailand
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, and Brazil
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.
Traditional uses
The plant has traditional uses in Ayurveda
Ayurveda () is an alternative medicine system with historical roots in the Indian subcontinent. The theory and practice of Ayurveda is pseudoscientific. Ayurveda is heavily practiced in India and Nepal, where around 80% of the population repo ...
. In India, it is known as ''bhangra'' or ''bhringaraj''. ''Wedelia calendulacea
''Wedelia calendulacea'' may refer to:
*''Wedelia calendulacea'' (L.) Less., an illegitimate name that is a synonym of ''Sphagneticola calendulacea''
*''Wedelia calendulacea'' Rich, an unresolved name in the genus ''Wedelia''
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'' is known by the same names, so the white-flowered ''E. alba'' is called white ''bhangra'' and the yellow-flowered ''W. calendulacea'' is called yellow ''bhangra''.
In Southeast Asia
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, the dried whole plant is used in traditional medicine
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, although there is no high-quality clinical research
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to indicate such uses are effective. The Balinese cook it as a vegetable, the Javanese consume this herb (''orang-aring'' or ''urang-aring'') as part of their ''lalap
''Lalab'' ( Sundanese: , ''Lalab'') or ''lalap/lalapan'' (Indonesian) is a Sundanese raw vegetable salad served with ''sambal terasi''. It is a popular Sundanese vegetable dish originated from West Java & Banten, Indonesia.
There are no set ...
'', they also infuse it with coconut oil as a kind of hair oil popular until the 1970s Heyne, Karel (1987). ''Tumbuhan Berguna Indonesia'', vol. 3: p. 1833. Yayasan Sarana Wana Jaya, Jakarta Its leaves are extracted as a black hair dye, and in tattooing.
Phytochemistry
''Eclipta prostrata'' contains variousphytochemical
Phytochemicals are chemical compounds produced by plants, generally to help them resist fungi, bacteria and plant virus infections, and also consumption by insects and other animals. The name comes . Some phytochemicals have been used as poisons ...
s, such as coumestan
Coumestan is a heterocyclic organic compound. Coumestan forms the central core of a variety of natural compounds known collectively as coumestans. Coumestans are oxidation products of pterocarpan that are similar to coumarin. Coumestans, includ ...
s, polypeptide
Peptides (, ) are short chains of amino acids linked by peptide bonds. Long chains of amino acids are called proteins. Chains of fewer than twenty amino acids are called oligopeptides, and include dipeptides, tripeptides, and tetrapeptides.
A p ...
s, polyacetylenes, thiophene
Thiophene is a heterocyclic compound with the formula C4H4S. Consisting of a planar five-membered ring, it is aromatic as indicated by its extensive substitution reactions. It is a colorless liquid with a benzene-like odor. In most of its reacti ...
derivatives
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Derivative may also refer to:
In mathematics and economics
* Brzozowski derivative in the theory of formal languages
* Formal derivative, an ...
, steroid
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s, sterol
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s, triterpenes, and flavonoid
Flavonoids (or bioflavonoids; from the Latin word ''flavus'', meaning yellow, their color in nature) are a class of polyphenolic secondary metabolites found in plants, and thus commonly consumed in the diets of humans.
Chemically, flavonoids ...
s.
References
Further reading
* *External links
* *Jepson Manual Treatment, University of California
{{Taxonbar, from=Q857092 Heliantheae Flora of North America Flora of South America Flora of Europe Flora of Asia Plants described in 1753 Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus Plants used in Ayurveda