Pluchea lanceolata

Pluchea lanceolata
Scientific 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
  • 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. It is disjunctly distributed in Africa; Senegal, Chad, and Tanzania, and Asia; Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, the western Himalayas, and India. A perennial herb, it is considered a noxious weed by agriculturalists, and is used in Ayurveda and Tibetan traditional medicines.

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