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University of the Philippines Baguio Herbarium
Cirsium japonicum

Cirsium japonicum DC.  [Unverified Identification]


Family Asteraceae
Habit Herb
Habitat Commonly found growing along forests margins, mountain trails, and in open meadows, in sea level or mid elevation
Special Notes Radical leaves are pubescent on upper and lower surfaces with spines at the margins 7 to 10 mm long. Seeds are wind-pollinated.
Ethnobotanical Uses MEDICINAL: used as treatment for inflammation, nausea, epistaxis, hematuria, hemoptysis, hemostat, and metrorrhagia;
Collected from Benguet, Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR).
Collector(s) Jennylyn E. Jacob

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