Blumea (Kukundara)

Blumea lacera is an annual herb of the daisy family that grows as a weed in fields and wasteland across India and tropical Asia. It is covered in soft hairs, with toothed leaves and small yellow flower heads, and has a strong, distinctive camphor-like smell.

Known as Kukundara in Sanskrit, its leaves are used in Ayurvedic and folk practice, often warmed and applied externally, in traditional preparations for skin care. The leaf is the part used.