Woodland aspilia
StarAspilia mossambicensis
Synonyms: Menotriche strigosa, Seruneum strigosum, Wedelia menotriche, Coreopsis aspilioides, Bidens aspilioides, Wedelia ringoetii, Aspilia holstii, Wedelia abyssinica, Aspilia vernayi, Aspilia tanganyikensis, Aspilia ritellii, Seruneum mossambicense, Aspilia aspilioides, Aspilia wedeliiformis, Aspilia chrysops, Wedelia diversipapposa, Wedelia mossambicensis
Western Herbalism Properties
Traditional Uses
Aspilia mossambicensis is a widely used medicinal plant in tropical Africa. Among the Kamba of Kenya, a decoction of pounded leaves is applied to circumcision wounds to speed healing, and the plant is broadly employed by traditional healers and local people for wounds and skin diseases as well as for abdominal pain, respiratory complaints, gonorrhoea and malaria (Kokwaro, 2009; Maingi et al.).
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Botanical Description
Aspilia mossambicensis, the wild sunflower, is a roughly hairy, erect perennial herb or soft shrub of the aster family (Asteraceae), reaching up to about two metres tall. The branching stems bear opposite, ovate to lanceolate leaves with toothed margins and a sandpapery, scabrid surface. The flower heads are showy and daisy-like, with a ring of bright yellow ray florets surrounding a yellow central disc of tubular florets, borne singly or in loose clusters on long stalks. The fruit is a small, angular achene. The species is widespread across central and eastern tropical Africa, from Ethiopia and East Africa through the Congo basin to Zambia, Zimbabwe, Malawi, Mozambique and South Africa, where it is a common, weedy plant of bushland, grassland, cultivated land, roadsides and other disturbed, sunny habitats.
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