Pluchea lanceolata

Pluchea lanceolata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Pluchea
Species:
P. lanceolata
Binomial name
Pluchea lanceolata
Synonyms[1]
  • Berthelotia lanceolata DC.
  • Berthelotia lanceolata var. senegalensis DC.
  • Conyza proteiformis Perr. ex DC.
  • Conyza rubra Buch.-Ham. ex DC.
  • Pluchea lanceolata (DC.) Oliv. & Hiern
  • Saussurea mucronata Spreng. ex DC.

Pluchea lanceolata, the rasna or rasana, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae.[2] It is disjunctly distributed in Africa; Senegal, Chad, and Tanzania, and Asia; Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, the western Himalayas, and India.[1] A perennial herb, it is considered a noxious weed by agriculturalists, and is used in Ayurveda and Tibetan traditional medicines.[2][3]

References

  1. ^ a b "Pluchea lanceolata (DC.) C.B.Clarke". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 4 February 2023.
  2. ^ a b "Rasna". flowersofindia.net. Flowers of India. 2023. Retrieved 4 February 2023.
  3. ^ Srivastava, Pooja; Shanker, Karuna (2012). "Pluchea lanceolata (Rasana): Chemical and biological potential of Rasayana herb used in traditional system of medicine". Fitoterapia. 83 (8): 1371–1385. doi:10.1016/j.fitote.2012.07.008. PMID 22877846.


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