Launaea sarmentosa (Willd.) Sch. Bip. ex Kuntze articles

Derivation of specific name

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sarmentosa: with long slender stolons or whip-like branches.

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bibliographic citation: Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Launaea sarmentosa (Willd.) Sch. Bip. ex Kuntze Flora of Mozambique website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.mozambiqueflora.com/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=174920
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Description

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Hairless perennial with prostrate, creeping stems, often rooting at the nodes. Leaves crowded near the base and in clusters at the nodes, oblanceolate to spathulate, up to c. 11 cm long, obtuse to rounded at the apex; margin subentire ot finely toothed, sometimes somewhat lobed. Often the leaf clusters are subtended by 2 broadly ovate to kidney-shaped leaf-like bracts. Capitula solitary or few together from the root-crown and the leaf clusters. Florets 10-20 per capitulum, yellow.

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bibliographic citation: Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Launaea sarmentosa (Willd.) Sch. Bip. ex Kuntze Flora of Mozambique website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.mozambiqueflora.com/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=174920
author: Mark Hyde
author: Bart Wursten
author: Petra Ballings

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Worldwide distribution

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Along the East Coast of Africa from Egypt to South Africa. Also in coastal Madagascar, Seychelles, Mauritius and from India and Shri Lanka to Indo-China and Java.

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bibliographic citation: Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Launaea sarmentosa (Willd.) Sch. Bip. ex Kuntze Flora of Mozambique website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.mozambiqueflora.com/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=174920
author: Mark Hyde
author: Bart Wursten
author: Petra Ballings

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Launaea sarmentosa

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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, Maldives and Southeast Asia.^[1] It is naturalized in Western Australia.^[2]^[3]

Uses

Kulla-filaa^[4] (IAST Kuḷḷafilā, ކުއްޅަފިލާ in Maldivian) has been used as a dietary plant in the Maldives for centuries in dishes such as mas huni and also as a medicinal plant.^[5]

Bibliography

Yusriyya Salih, A Pharmacognostical and Pharmacological Evaluation of a Folklore Medicinal Plant "Kulhafila" (Launea sarmentosa (Willd) Schultz-Bip.ex Kuntze). Gujarat Ayurved University – 2011
Xavier Romero-Frias, Eating on the Islands, Himāl Southasian, Vol. 26 no. 2, pages 69–91 ISSN 1012-9804

References

^ ^a ^b "Launaea sarmentosa (Willd.) Sch. Bip. ex Kuntze". Flora Zambezica. Retrieved 30 March 2011.
^ "Launaea sarmentosa (Willd.) Kuntze". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
^ Launaea sarmentosa (Asteraceae), Global Compendium of Weeds, accessed 30 March 2011
^ Hanby Baillie Reynolds, Christopher (2003). A Maldivian dictionary. Psychology Press. p. 89. ISBN 978-0-415-29808-7.
^ 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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Launaea sarmentosa: Brief Summary

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

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