Grangea maderaspatana (L.) Poir.
Family - Asteraceae
Common name - Madras carpet
Medicinal uses -
🍀The juice of the leaves are used for earache and for irregular menses.
🍀The root is an appetizer; astringent to the bowels, diuretic, anthelmintic, headache, rheumatism in the knee joint, piles, pain in the muscles, diseases of the spleen and the liver.
Sugimani Marndi
(Biodiversity and Conservation Lab., Ambika Prasad Research Foundation, Bhubaneswar, India.)