Emilia sonchifolia Cupid's Shaving Brush, Lilac tasselflower PFAF Plant Database (2024)

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Summary

Physical Characteristics

Synonyms

Cacalia sonchifolia.

Plant Habitats

Cultivated Beds;

Edible Uses

Edible Parts: LeavesShoots
Edible Uses:

Leaves and young shoots - raw or cooked[2, 46, 61, 105, 177, 272]. Used as a vegetable[272]. The whole plant, including the flowers, can be eaten raw or cooked[144]. The leaves are usually harvested and used before the plant flowers[183]. A nutritional analysis of the leaves is available[218]. The powdered plant is used to prepare a cake fermented with yeast (called marcha in Nepal) from which liquor is distilled[272].

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Medicinal Uses

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AstringentDepurativeDiaphoreticDiureticDysenteryExpectorantFebrifugeOdontalgic
Ophthalmic

A tea made from the leaves is used in the treatment of dysentery[218]. The juice of the leaves is used in treating eye inflammations, night blindness, cuts and wounds and sore ears[240, 272]. The plant is astringent, depurative, diuretic, expectorant, febrifuge and sudorific[147, 218, 272]. It is used in the treatment of infantile tympanites and bowel complaints[240]. The juice of the root is used in the treatment of diarrhoea[240, 272]. The flower heads are chewed and kept in the mouth for about 10 minutes to protect teeth from decay[272].

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Other Uses

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Cultivation details

ReferencesCarbon Farming Information andCarbon Sequestration Information

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Plant Propagation

Seed - sow early spring in a greenhouse and only just cover the seed. When large enough to handle, prick the seedlings out into individual pots and plant them out after the last expected frosts[1, 200]. The seed can also be sown outdoors in situ in the middle of spring[1, 200].

Other Names

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Native Range

TEMPERATE ASIA: China (Anhui Sheng, Fujian Sheng, Guangdong Sheng, Guizhou Sheng, Hainan Sheng, Hebei Sheng, Henan Sheng, Hubei Sheng, Hunan Sheng, Jiangsu Sheng, Shaanxi Sheng, Sichuan Sheng, Yunnan Sheng, Zhejiang Sheng), Japan (Honshu, Kyushu, Ryukyu Islands, Shikoku), Taiwan TROPICAL ASIA: Bhutan, India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Papua New Guinea, Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines

Weed Potential

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Conservation Status

IUCN Red List of Threatened Plants Status :

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Botanical References

58200

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