Vernonia arborea

Vernonia arborea
Leaves and flowers
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Genus:	Vernonia
Species:	V. arborea
Binomial name
Vernonia arborea Buch.-Ham.
Synonyms
Conyza acuminata Wall. [Invalid] Flustula tomentosa Raf. [Illegitimate] Gymnanthemum acuminatum Steetz Leucomeris glabra Blume ex DC. [Invalid] Leucomeris javanica Blume ex DC. [Invalid] Vernonia arborea var. arborea Vernonia arborea var. blumeana (DC.) Koord. & Valeton Vernonia arborea var. glabra Koord. & Valeton Vernonia blumeana DC Vernonia florescens Elmer Vernonia urdanetense Elmer Vernonia vaniotii H.Lév. Vernonia wallichii Ridl.[1]

Vernonia arborea is a species of medium-sized flowering plant in the Asteraceae family that is found in Western Ghats of India and Sri Lanka.^[2] It is used as a fungicide.^[3]

References

1. http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/gcc-12592[]
2. http://www.biotik.org/india/species/v/vernarbo/vernarbo_en.html[]
3. Krishna Kumari, G; Masilamani, S; Ganesh, M. R.; Aravind, S; Sridhar, S. R. (2003). "Zaluzanin D: A fungistatic sesquiterpene from Vernonia arborea". Fitoterapia 74 (5): 479–82. doi:10.1016/S0367-326X(03)00054-6. PMID 12837366.

External links

• Asian plants
• Manjunatha, BK; Vidya, SM; Rashmi, KV; Mankani, KL; Shilpa, HJ; Singh, S Djagadeesh (2005). "Evaluation of wound-healing potency of Vernonia arborea Hk". Indian Journal of Pharmacology 37 (4): 223–6. doi:10.4103/0253-7613.16567.
• Flowers of India