plant question: Vernonia

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you mean Vernonia? There are several spp of Vernonia. Kirtikar and

Basu mention a Vernonia amygdalina native to Nigeria. In India the

Vernonia species used include V. anthelminthica, V. cinerea, V. teres

and V. roxburghii. V. anthelminthica is Kalijira and Bakshi in Hindi,

and Arayajiraka and Brhatpali in Sanskrit. V. cinerea is Sahadeyi and

Sadodi in Hindi, Sahadevi in Sanskrit. Sorry don't have a name for the

Africa species, but I expect you are probably looking for Sahadevi (V.

cinerea).

 

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