Habit: A medium-sized subshrub, upto 1m.
🗒 Synonyms
| synonym | Xanthium abyssinicum Wallr. |
| synonym | Xanthium acerosum Greene |
| synonym | Xanthium acutilobum Millsp. & Sherff |
| synonym | Xanthium acutum Greene |
| synonym | Xanthium affine Greene |
| synonym | Xanthium albinum subsp. ripicola (Holub) J. Dostal |
| synonym | Xanthium americanum Walt. |
| synonym | Xanthium arcuatum Millsp. & Sherff |
| synonym | Xanthium arenarium Lasch |
| synonym | Xanthium aridum H.St.John |
| synonym | Xanthium barcinonense Sennen |
| synonym | Xanthium brevirostre Hochst. |
| synonym | Xanthium bubalocarpon Bush |
| synonym | Xanthium californicum var. rotundifolium Widder |
| synonym | Xanthium calvum Millsp. & Sherff |
| synonym | Xanthium campestre Greene |
| synonym | Xanthium cenchroides Millsp. & Sherff |
| synonym | Xanthium chasei Fernald |
| synonym | Xanthium chinense Mill. |
| synonym | Xanthium chinense var. globuliforme C.Shull |
| synonym | Xanthium chinese |
| synonym | Xanthium cloessplateaum D.Z.Ma |
| synonym | Xanthium commune Britton |
| synonym | Xanthium cordifolium Stokes |
| synonym | Xanthium crassifolium Millsp. & Sherff |
| synonym | Xanthium cuneatum Moench |
| synonym | Xanthium curvescens Millsp. & Sherff |
| synonym | Xanthium cylindraceum Millsp. & Sherff |
| synonym | Xanthium cylindricum Millsp. & Sherff |
| synonym | Xanthium decalvatum Widder |
| synonym | Xanthium discolor Wallr. |
| synonym | Xanthium echinatum Murray |
| synonym | Xanthium echinatum subsp. italicum (Moretti) O.Bolòs & J. Vigo |
| synonym | Xanthium echinatum var. cavanillesii (Schouw) O.Bolòs & J. Vigo |
| synonym | Xanthium echinellum Greene |
| synonym | Xanthium fuscescens Jord. & Fourr. |
| synonym | Xanthium glabratum (DC.) Britton |
| synonym | Xanthium glanduliferum Greene |
| synonym | Xanthium globosum C.Shull |
| synonym | Xanthium homothalamum Spreng. |
| synonym | Xanthium inaequilaterum DC. |
| synonym | Xanthium indicum DC. |
| synonym | Xanthium indicum var. inaequilaterum (DC.) Miq. |
| synonym | Xanthium inflexum Mack. & Bush |
| synonym | Xanthium italicum var. albinum Widder |
| synonym | Xanthium japonicum Widder |
| synonym | Xanthium leptocarpum Millsp. & Sherff |
| synonym | Xanthium longirostre Wallr. |
| synonym | Xanthium macounii Britton |
| synonym | Xanthium macrocarpum var. glabratum DC. |
| synonym | Xanthium mongolicum Kitag. |
| synonym | Xanthium monoicum Gilib. |
| synonym | Xanthium natalense Widder |
| synonym | Xanthium nigri Ces. |
| synonym | Xanthium occidentale Bertol. |
| synonym | Xanthium oligacanthum Piper |
| synonym | Xanthium orientale Blume |
| synonym | Xanthium orientale f. laciniatum (Pouzolz) Thell. ex Widder |
| synonym | Xanthium orientale var. albinum (Widder) Adema & M.T.Jansen |
| synonym | Xanthium orientale var. riparium (Itzigs. & Hertsch) Adema & M. T. Jansen |
| synonym | Xanthium oviforme Wallr. |
| synonym | Xanthium pennsylvanicum Gand. |
| synonym | Xanthium pungens var. cylindricum (Millsp. & Sherff) Widder |
| synonym | Xanthium pungens var. denudatum Widder |
| synonym | Xanthium pungens var. globosum (Shull) Widder |
| synonym | Xanthium riparium Lasché |
| synonym | Xanthium ripicola J. Holub |
| synonym | Xanthium roxburghii Wallr. |
| synonym | Xanthium saccharatum subsp. aciculare Widder |
| synonym | Xanthium saccharatum subsp. commune (Britton) Widder |
| synonym | Xanthium sibiricum var. subinerme (C.Winkl.) Widder |
| synonym | Xanthium speciosum Kearney |
| synonym | Xanthium sphaerocephalum Salzm. ex Ball |
| synonym | Xanthium strumarium f. purpurascens S. Priszter |
| synonym | Xanthium strumarium var. arenarium (Lasch) Uechtritz |
| synonym | Xanthium strumarium var. canadense (Mill.) Torr. & A.Gray |
| synonym | Xanthium strumarium var. glabratum (DC.) Cronquist |
| synonym | Xanthium strumarium var. hausmanni Widder |
| synonym | Xanthium strumarium var. inaequilaterale (DC.) C.B.Clarke |
| synonym | Xanthium strumarium var. indicum (koenig ex Roxb.) Debeaux |
| synonym | Xanthium strumarium var. oviforme (Wallr.) M.Peck |
| synonym | Xanthium strumarium var. pensylvanicum (Wallr.) M.Peck |
| synonym | Xanthium strumarium var. strumarium |
| synonym | Xanthium strumarium var. subinerme C.Winkl. ex Widder |
| synonym | Xanthium strumarium var. wootonii (Cockerell) M.Peck |
| synonym | Xanthium varians Greene |
| synonym | Xanthium wootoni Cockerell ex de Vries |
| synonym | Xanthium wootonii Cockerell |
🗒 Common Names
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📚 Overview
Description
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📚 Nomenclature and Classification
📚 Natural History
Morphology
Growth Form
Shrub
Flower
In terminal or axillary clusters, capitula monoecious, male above, female below. Flowering throughout the year.
Fruit
An achene, enlarged, enclosed in prickly, glandular hispidulous envelop forming an urticle. Fruiting throughout the year.
Field tips
Tender parts spinulose, hispid-pubescent.
Leaf Arrangement
Alternate-spiral
Leaf Type
Simple or 3-5 lobed
Leaf Shape
Cordate
Leaf Apex
Acute
Leaf Base
Subcordate-acute
Leaf Margin
Serrate-crenate
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📚 Habitat and Distribution
General Habitat
Exposed slopes, wet lands, moist place, irrigation channels
Description
Found along river banks and fallow fields from plains to 1000m. Common. India and Malesia.
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Global Distribution
India: Assam, Bihar, Odisha, Madhya Pradesh, Maharastra, Uttar Pradesh; Europe, America, Sri Lanka, China, Malaysia, Sumatra, Java
Local Distribution
Throughout Assam
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📚 Occurrence
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📚 Demography and Conservation
📚 Uses and Management
Uses
System of Medicines Used In
Ayurveda
Folk medicine
Siddha
Sowa-Rigpa
The achene easily sticks to clothes and skin.
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System Of Medicines Used In
Ayurveda, Sowa-Rigpa, Siddha, Folk medicine
FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants: http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=2242
| Attributions | FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants: http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=2242 |
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📚 Information Listing
References
- D K Ved, Suma Tagadur Sureshchandra, Vijay Barve, Vijay Srinivas, Sathya Sangeetha, K. Ravikumar, Kartikeyan R., Vaibhav Kulkarni, Ajith S. Kumar, S.N. Venugopal, B. S. Somashekhar, M.V. Sumanth, Noorunissa Begum, Sugandhi Rani, Surekha K.V., and Nikhil Desale. 2016. (envis.frlht.org / frlhtenvis.nic.in). FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants, Bengaluru. http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=2242
Information Listing > References
- D K Ved, Suma Tagadur Sureshchandra, Vijay Barve, Vijay Srinivas, Sathya Sangeetha, K. Ravikumar, Kartikeyan R., Vaibhav Kulkarni, Ajith S. Kumar, S.N. Venugopal, B. S. Somashekhar, M.V. Sumanth, Noorunissa Begum, Sugandhi Rani, Surekha K.V., and Nikhil Desale. 2016. (envis.frlht.org / frlhtenvis.nic.in). FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants, Bengaluru. http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=2242
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🐾 Taxonomy
| Root | Root |
| Kingdom | Plantae |
| Phylum | Tracheophyta |
| Class | Magnoliopsida |
| Order | Asterales |
| Family | Asteraceae |
| Genus | Xanthium |
| Species | Xanthium strumarium L. |
📊 Temporal Distribution
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