| Stalked Dischead |
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| Original date | 9/17/11 12:32 PM |
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| Camera model | DMC-ZS3 |
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Botanical name: Lecanthus peduncularis Family: Urticaceae (Nettle family)
Synonyms: Lecanthus wallichi, Lecanthus wightii, Procris peduncularis
Synonyms: Lecanthus wallichi, Lecanthus wightii, Procris peduncularis
Stalked Dischead is a fleshy spreading plant with trailing, rooting stems.
The plant is distinctive with its rounded flower-heads with saucer-like
base, borne on long stalks. Actual flowers are minute, pink, packed in
these disc-like heads 0.3-7.4 cm across. Oppositely arranged leaves, 1.5-5
cm long, are unequal, 3-veined, ovate, saw-toothed. Flowering stems are
10-20 cm. Some plants are much smaller. Seed-pods are narrow-oblong, red.
Stalked Dischead is found in the Himalayas, from Pakistan to China and SE
Asia, at altitudes of 1200-3200 m. Flowering: July-September.
Medicinal uses:
The root is ground and applied to sprains. The
plant is mixed with the bark of Saurauia napaulensis in equal
amount and is pounded - the resultant juice, about 4 teaspoons a day, is
given to relieve fever.
Medicinal uses:
The root is ground and applied to sprains. The
plant is mixed with the bark of Saurauia napaulensis in equal
amount and is pounded - the resultant juice, about 4 teaspoons a day, is
given to relieve fever. Identification credit: Gurcharan Singh
| Photographed in Chakrata & Dhanaulti, Uttarakhand. |