Wedelia chinensis

BINOMIAL NAME	Wedelia chinensis
COMMON NAME	False daisy
FAMILY	Asteraceae
TAMIL NAME	கரிசலாங்கண்ணி
HABIT	An annual herb, erect, suberect or prostrate
MORPHOLOGY	They are 50-60cm; stems and branches strigose. Leaves 2.5-10´1-6cm, sessile, elliptic oblong, entire, hirsute on both sides. Heads 5-10mm across, white in axillary peduncles; involucral bracts 3-6mm, biseriate, hirsute. Ray florets ligulate. Disk florets tubular, 4-5 lobed. Achenes 2mm, turbinate, tubercled
MEDICINAL PROPERTIES	ul {margin: 0;} Used in the treatment of infectious hepatitis, snake venom poisoning, gastritis, and respiratory diseases such as cough and asthma. Relieves body pain when fresh leaf extract is taken orally. Treats bronchitis and pneumonia. Treats constipation and general weakness
SOURCE	1) https://indiabiodiversity.or 2) https://en.wikipedia.org 3) http://nopr.niscair.res.in 4) http://herbsfromdistantlands.blogspot.com