DC.Family: Compositae; Asteraceae.
Habitat: The Nilgiri Hills at 2,1002,500 m.
Ayurvedic: Raktaskandana.Folk: Kaatplaaster (Nilgiri hills).Action: Antiseptic. Fresh leaves are bruised and applied to wounds and cuts as plaster.
An acyl flavonoid glycoside, ana- phaloside, along with isoquercitrin and astragalin, has been isolated from the flowers of a related sp. Anaphalis contorta, used as an antibacterial and styptic.
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