Eclipta prostrata ? from Hooghly 15-04-12 SK

surajit koley

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Apr 15, 2012, 11:32:07 AM4/15/12

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Sir,

Is it Eclipta prostrata (L.), syn. E. alba?

Species : UNKNOWN

Habit & Habitat : wild herb, 2 ft, roadside

Date : 16-02-2012, 10.35 a.m.

Place : Chanditala (Hooghly), WB

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Surajit Koley

Satish Phadke

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Apr 16, 2012, 10:46:52 AM4/16/12

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God one again.

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Satish Phadke

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Apr 16, 2012, 10:47:15 AM4/16/12

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Sorry Pl. read it as Good one.

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surajit koley

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Apr 16, 2012, 1:55:40 PM4/16/12

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Thank you Sir for confirming this one.

Regards,

Surajit

Mahadeswara

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Apr 16, 2012, 11:54:21 PM4/16/12

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Very important medicinal plant. Some common names are : Keshut, Maka, False Daisy, Marsh Daisy, yerba de tago, bhangra, Trailing eclipta • Hindi: भ्रिंगराज Bhringaraj, केशराज Kesharaj • Manipuri: Uchi-sumbal • Tamil: கரிசிலாங்கண்ணி Karisilanganni, Kavanthakara • Malayalam: Kannunni • Telugu: Galagara • Kannada: Ajagara • Oriya: Kesarda • Sanskrit: भ्रिंगराज Bhringaraj -
In the Tamil tradition of Siddha medicine the plant is used for many diseases . In ayurvedic medicine, the leaf extract is considered a powerful liver tonic, rejuvenate, and especially good for the hair. A black dye obtained from Eclipta prostrata is used for dyeing hair and tattooing. Eclipta prostrata also has traditional external uses, such as for athlete's foot, eczema and dermatitis, and on the scalp to address hair loss; the leaves have been used in the treatment of scorpion stings. It is used as anti-venom against snakebite in China and Brazil (Mors, 1991). It is reported to improve hair growth and color (Kritikar and Basu 1975 and Chopra et al. 1955)
(The above text is quoted from wikipedia etc. from the websites).

Rathinasabapathy Bhuvaragasamy

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Apr 17, 2012, 12:05:10 AM4/17/12

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Beautiful pictures.

Thanks for sharing.

BRS

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surajit koley

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Apr 17, 2012, 12:29:56 PM4/17/12

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Thank you very much Sir for all these informations on this plant.

It helped me in various ways -

1) Books are of little use : while going through the text book 'Plant Groups' for the ID of this plant i noticed that the Bengali name given to this plant was mentioned as KESUTTI. But your mail confirms that it is KESHUT, the name we are familiar with.

2) Very little info on medicinal properties : i was only aware of its use in hair care. Didn't know its other uses.

3) Vernacular names : now i know that KESHUT & BHRINGRAJ are names of the same plant.

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Surajit

surajit koley

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Apr 17, 2012, 12:31:07 PM4/17/12

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Thank you Sir very much for appreciating and confirming the ID.

Regards,

Surajit

On Tue, Apr 17, 2012 at 9:35 AM, Rathinasabapathy Bhuvaragasamy <brsp...@gmail.com> wrote:

Beautiful pictures.

Thanks for sharing.

BRS

ushadi Micromini

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Apr 18, 2012, 1:12:07 AM4/18/12

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Dear ALL:
this is the way it should be...
I am glad M has quoted the source and that the writing is from someone else's efforts...
am proud of you ...M ji.

a good show...
And yes Surajit... it has many uses.. not just for hair darkening and scalp health...

Usha di
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surajit koley

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Apr 18, 2012, 2:01:25 PM4/18/12

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Madam,

Though i didn't know how a KESHUT plant looks like but i heard people saying that it was good for hair. Some hair-care oil available in beauty salons also contain BHRINGRAJ. Don't know if other aurvadic preparations for some other ailments are available in the market.

Regards,

Surajit

Pankaj Oudhia

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Apr 18, 2012, 2:26:30 PM4/18/12

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Surajit ji,

Forwarding link to my old write up on Eclipta at University of Purdue new crop website.

http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/CropFactSheets/eclipta.html

You can get info on recent work at this link

https://www.google.com/search?num=100&hl=en&safe=off&site=&source=hp&q=%22pankaj+oudhia%22+eclipta&oq=%22pankaj+oudhia%22+eclipta&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&gs_l=hp.3...1728l7000l0l8405l23l23l0l0l0l0l203l2716l5j17j1l23l0.

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Pankaj Oudhia

surajit koley

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Apr 18, 2012, 2:37:43 PM4/18/12

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Great channel Sir... have subscribed instantly. Regret i didn't find it earlier.

Thank you very much for the html document too.

Regards,

Surajit

Jagdish Parikh

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Jul 20, 2020, 11:53:15 AM7/20/20

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Sorry sir,

Is it confirmed Eclipta prostrata? Please let me know what is the identification for it . I will appreciate it.

Thank you.

Jagdish

Saroj Kasaju

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Jul 21, 2020, 3:40:20 AM7/21/20

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No doubt about it !

Eclipta prostrata

Thank you.

Saroj Kasaju

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