Launaea sarmentosa

Launaea sarmentosa
Launaea sarmentosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Tribe: Cichorieae
Genus: Launaea
Species: L. sarmentosa
Binomial name
Launaea sarmentosa
(Willd.) Sch.Bip. ex Kuntze
Synonyms
  • Launaea bellidifolia Cass.
  • Launaea pinnatifida Cass.
  • Microrhynchus dregeanus DC.
  • Prenanthes sarmentosa Willd.

Launaea sarmentosa is a perennial herb species in the family Asteraceae.[1] It is native to coastal areas in Africa (east coast), Madagascar, the Seychelles, Mauritius, India, Sri Lanka and Southeast Asia.[1] It is naturalized in Western Australia.[2][3]

Kulla-filaa[4] (ކުއްޅަފިލާ in Dhivehi) has been used as a dietary plant in the Maldives for centuries and also as a medicinal plant[5].

References

  1. ^ a b "Launaea sarmentosa (Willd.) Sch. Bip. ex Kuntze". Flora Zambezica. http://apps.kew.org/efloras/namedetail.do?qry=namelist&flora=fz&taxon=5013&nameid=12122. Retrieved 30 March 2011. 
  2. ^ "Launaea sarmentosa (Willd.) Kuntze". FloraBase. Department of Environment and Conservation, Government of Western Australia. http://florabase.dec.wa.gov.au/browse/profile/8098. 
  3. ^ Launaea sarmentosa (Asteraceae), Global Compendium of Weeds, accessed March 30, 2011
  4. ^ Hanby Baillie Reynolds, Christopher. A Maldivian dictionary. p. 89. http://books.google.com.au/books?id=_hRhrjlZpL0C&pg=PA89&dq=Launaea+sarmentosa+maldives&hl=en&ei=j7eSTbusLILCcenTqYkH&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CDcQ6AEwAA#. Retrieved 30 March 2011. 
  5. ^ Xavier Romero-Frias, The Maldive Islanders, A Study of the Popular Culture of an Ancient Ocean Kingdom. Barcelona 1999, ISBN 84 7254 801 5
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