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11. Gynura pseudo-china DC. Prodr. 6: 299.<br />

COMPOSITAE<br />

Gynura sinuata DC.—Gynura nudicaulis Arn.—Cacalia bicolor Wall.—Cacalia sagiltaria Heyne.—<br />

Cacaha bulbosa Lour.<br />

Sinh. Ala-beth.<br />

Succulent, tuberous herb, glabrous or pubescent, stem very short; leaves simple, alternate,<br />

all subradical, obovate, 5—17.5 cm long, very variable, narrowed into the petiole, sinuate or<br />

sub-pinnatifidly lobed, scapes long, nearly leafless, involucre cylindric, bracts 10—12, uniseriate.<br />

narrow, equal, margin scarious, receptacle flat; flowers bisexual, all tubular in heads 8—13 cm<br />

long: calyx superior, limb absent; corolla limb 5-toothed; stamens 5, epipetaious, syngenesious.<br />

anther bases entire; achene glabrous with a pappus of white hairs<br />

Illustration. Dillenius. Hort. Elth. 2: pi. 258.<br />

Distribution. Occurs in India, Ceylon. Java and China It is commonly grown in<br />

gardens in Ceylon.<br />

India. Sikkim: J. D. Hooker.<br />

Uses. The tuberous roots of this herb are used as a cooling medicine and also for leprosy.<br />

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