Acanthospermum hispidum DC.

• Family: Asteraceae
• Vernacular names: Musumusu, Kattunjerinjil, മുസുമുസു (Malayalam),
• Distribution: Pantropical
• Description: Erect, densely hispid herbs. Leaves ovate, apex acute, entire. Flower yellow in heads, axillary, sessile. Achenes 5 x 3 mm, obovate, with two diverging long spines at apex; pappus absent.
• Habit: Herb
• Habitat: A weed of fallow lands, also in degraded forest areas
• Flowering & Fruiting: January-June

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• Parts used: Leaves, bark, stem
• Properties & Uses: Anti-pyretic and anti-microbial. Leaves juice and bark decoction are used for the treatment of jaundice, malaria, vomiting, head-ache, abdominal pain, stomachache, constipation, eruptive fever, snake bite, epilepsy and microbial infection.
• Systems of Medicines: Folk,
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