Family: Asteraceae Local name(Telugu): Marula matangi Distribution: Common near fields and road sides, Native of Tropical America, distributed in India, and S.E.Asia. Coarse bushy undershrubs,0.5-1mt tall, Leaves broadly 3-5 lobed, serrate, scabridly hispid,; Heads monoecious,Greenish yellow in terminal and axillary spikes; the bisexual flowers in upper axils, globose, the female below, involucre of female heads united in a closed 2 horned urticle with 2 cells clothed with hooked bristles; Female flowers apetalous, anthers distinct, the tips inflated, styles 2 long exerted, Achenes 2 to each head, enclosed in a 2 beaked urticleformed by the hardened involucre and coverd by hooked spines. Papus0; Achenes ellipsoid, glandular -hispid Decoction of root is used in fever and urinary diseases.