Botany
Kamañgi is an erect, branched, nearly smooth herb, 30 to 60 cm high. Stems are reddish or purplish. Leaves are about 3 cm long. Leaflets are linear to narrowly oblong, 4 to 10 mm long, prominently glandular-punctate beneath. Spikes are dense, capitate ovoid to oblong, 1 to 2 cm long. Flowers are very numerous, each subtended by a lanceolate, long-acuminate, hairy, glandular

Distribution
- Abundant on open dry slopes at low and medium altitudes, ascending up to 1,300 meters.
- Introduced from Mexico.

Parts used
Leaves, stems, roots.

Uses
Folkloric
- Decoction of roots taken as a cold drink for hemoptysis.
- Juice of fresh leaves used as vulnerary, the baggase applied as cataplasm on wounds.
- Ash of leaves and stems used as cicatrizant.

Studies
• No studies found.

Availability
Wild-crafted.