Emilia sonchifolia

Emilia sonchifolia

lilac tasselflower
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Genus:	Emilia
Species:	E. sonchifolia
Binomial name
*Emilia sonchifolia* (L.) DC. ex Wight
Synonyms^[1]^[2]
List Cacalia sonchifolia Hort ex L. Crassocephalum sonchifolium (L.) Less. Emilia marivelensis Elmer Emilia purpurea Cass. Emilia rigidula DC. Emilia sinica Miq. Gynura ecalyculata DC. Prenanthes javanica (Burm.f.) Willd. Senecio auriculatus Burm.f. Senecio rapae F.Br. Senecio sonchifolius (L.) Moench Sonchus javanicus (Burm.f.) Spreng.

Emilia sonchifolia, also known as lilac tasselflower or cupid's shaving brush is flowering plant in the genus Emilia and from the family Asteraceae.^[3]

Medicnal uses

It is a medicinal herb in Chinese, called ye xia hong (Chinese: 葉下紅). It is one among the "Ten Sacred Flowers of Kerala State in India, collectively known as Dasapushpam.

Toxicity

Emilia sonchifolia contains tumorigenic pyrrolizidine alkaloids.^[4]

Gallery

in Hyderabad, India.
in Hyderabad, India.

References

↑ "Emilia sonchifolia record n° 95932". African Plants Database. South African National Biodiversity Institute, the Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de la Ville de Genève and Tela Botanica. Retrieved 2008-05-21.
↑ "The Plant List: A Working List of All Plant Species".
↑ Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS). "PLANTS Profile, Emilia sonchifolia". The PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 2008-05-21.
↑ Fu, P.P., Yang, Y.C., Xia, Q., Chou, M.C., Cui, Y.Y., Lin G., "Pyrrolizidine alkaloids-tumorigenic components in Chinese herbal medicines and dietary supplements", Journal of Food and Drug Analysis, Vol. 10, No. 4, 2002, pp. 198-211

External links

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