Senecio densiflorus Wall.

DeFilipps, Robert A. & Krupnick, Gary A., 2018, The medicinal plants of Myanmar, PhytoKeys 102, pp. 1-341 : 29

publication ID

https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.102.24380

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scientific name

Senecio densiflorus Wall.
status

 

Senecio densiflorus Wall.

Names.

English: butterweed, yellowtop.

Range.

China, Bhutan, India, Myanmar, Nepal, and Thailand. Widely distributed in Myanmar.

Uses.

Leaf: Used as emollient and maturant in boils.

Notes.

In India plant used in treating skin afflictions as follows: leaves ground and applied as paste on boils; decotion of aerial parts used as wash for burning sensations and gonorrhea ( Begum and Nath 2000).

Reference.

Nordal (1963).

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Asterales

Family

Asteraceae

Genus

Senecio