Centratherum punctatum

BINOMIAL NAME	Centratherum punctatum
COMMON NAME	Kesavardhini
FAMILY	Asteraceae
TAMIL NAME	கேஸவதீநீ
HABIT	Bushy perenial herb
MORPHOLOGY	Herbs or small subshrubs, 10 – 50 cm tall, stems erect and pubescent, single- and multi- stemmed. Leaves lanceolate to ovate or obovate, acute at the apex, cuneate at the base, margins with entire or with 4-6 pairs of teeth. Inflorescences sessile, solitary, terminating the branches. Heads discoid with many florets purple, corolla tube narrow and ylindric, expanding slightly at the apex. Achenes narrowly turbinate, weakly ribbed, 1-2 mm long; pappus of deciduous filiform scales.
MEDICINAL PROPERTIES	It posses antibacterial properties It act as an antioxidant Oils extracted is used for hair growth Helps relieve headache Used to cure joint pain
SOURCE	Cichorioideae Cassini, Alexandre Henri Gabriel de. 1817. Bulletin des Sciences, par la Societe Philomatique 1817: 31 Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae ChecklistS