Eupatorium repandum

Eupatorium repandum Willd., SP. Pl. 3:1767, 1803; Rao et al, Fl. Ind. Enum. Aster. 33, 1988; Randeria in JBNHS 53: 216, t. 3, 1955; Almeida, Fl. Savantwadi 288, 1990.

Vernacular name : Ranmodi.
FAMILY: ASTERACEAE

Morphological characters :

Habit: An erect branched shrub.

Stem: Hairy, striate.

Leaves: Simple, alternate, exstipulate, sessile, variable in shape and size, ovate-lanceolate, sagittate, broad at the base, serrete, acuminate at the apex, reticulate venation.

Inflorescence: Terminal corymbs, many, peduncles slender, pubescent, homogamous, female, tubular.

Flower: Bracteate, bracts at the base of peduncle. Involucral bracts in 3 - 4 series, smaller at the base, ovate, inner ones large, prominently nerved, pentamerous, bisexual, epigynous.

Pappus: White, many, forming crown on the achenes, longer than the corolla tube, slender.

Corolla: Tubular, gamopetalous, corolla-lobes 5, ovate, blue-coloured corollas, valvate aestivation.

Androecium: Stamens 5, epipetalous, syngenesious, anthers dithecous.

Gynoecium: Bicarpellary, syncarpous, inferior ovary, unilocular, basal placentation, style projecting out of corolla-tube.

Fruit: Achenes long.

Flowering period: Oct-May.

Economic uses: The Plant is stimulant, emetic, cathartic, diaphoretic.