Pluchea lanceolata, the rasna or rasana, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae.[2] It is disjunctly distributed in Africa; Senegal, Chad, and Tanzania, and Asia; Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, the western Himalayas, and India.[1] A perennial herb, it is considered a noxious weed by agriculturalists, and is used in Ayurveda and Tibetan traditional medicines.[2][3]
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Genus: | Pluchea |
| Species: | P. lanceolata
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| Pluchea lanceolata | |
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References
edit- ^ a b "Pluchea lanceolata (DC.) C.B.Clarke". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 4 February 2023.
- ^ a b "Rasna". flowersofindia.net. Flowers of India. 2023. Retrieved 4 February 2023.
- ^ Srivastava, Pooja; Shanker, Karuna (2012). "Pluchea lanceolata (Rasana): Chemical and biological potential of Rasayana herb used in traditional system of medicine". Fitoterapia. 83 (8): 1371–1385. doi:10.1016/j.fitote.2012.07.008. PMID 22877846.
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