![]() In this medicinal plant, leaves develop alternately and they are sessile in nature. All the leaves are woolly on both surfaces. They are 2.5-6.3 centimeter long and 0.3-1.3 centimeter wide. The leaves in the plant margin entirely or are very rarely obscurely toothed. In Cottonweed, the lower leaves are oblong-spathulate and upper ones lanceolate. Flower heads appear in golden yellow or pale brown colour. These flowers in this Indian medicinal plant are provided in dense corymbose clusters. The involucral bracts are shining and straw-coloured. The outer of the flowers is ovate and the innermost is linear. Achenes come in oblong or papillose shape. Cottonweed has innumerable medicinal properties and uses in daily life. This Indian medicinal plant finds importance throughout the country. In Punjab the leaves are used as an astringent and vulnerary. The plant, Cottonweed is also considered diuretic, haemostatic and cholagogue. The tomentum of this Indian medicinal plant is applied externally as a counter-irritant in the treatment of gout. This article is a stub. You can enrich by adding more information to it. Send your Write Up to content@indianetzone.com |