Pluchea lanceolata
Species of plant From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Species of plant From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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]
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Asterales |
Family: | Asteraceae |
Genus: | Pluchea |
Species: | P. lanceolata |
Binomial name | |
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Synonyms[1] | |
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