Cyanthillium cinereum, Poovamkurunthal, Puvankurunal, Ash colored fleabane, പൂവാംകുറുന്തല്‍, പൂവാംകുരുന്നില

Synonyms: Vernonia cinerea (L.) Less.
Family: Asteraceae
Vernacular names: Poovamkurunthal, Puvankurunal, പൂവാംകുറുന്തല്‍, പൂവാംകുരുന്നില (Malayalam), Ash colored fleabane (English), Sahadevi (Sanskrit), Sadodi (Hindi), Puvankodanthal (Tamil)
Distribution: Pantropics
Description: Annuals or perennial herbs, stem ribbed, smooth or puberulus. Leaves variable, ovate, acute at both ends. Heads in terminal corymbs. Flowers pinkish, glabrous. Achene hairy.
Habit: Herb
Habitat: Deciduous forests, also in the plains
Flowering & Fruiting: Throughout the year

Parts used: Whole plant
Properties & Uses: Anthelmintic, diuretic, anti-microbial and anti-inflammatory. The roots are used in cough, inflammations, skin diseases, diarrhea, leprosy and fever. The seeds are useful in worms, cough and chronic skin diseases. The leaves are useful in ringworm and eczema.
Systems of Medicines: Ayurveda, Folk, Unani,
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