Botanical Name : Calendula officinalis
Sanskrit name : Calendula, English Garden Marigold, Pot Marigold                      
Family: Asteraceae

Plant Part Used: Flower, Root

Description of Calendula officinalis:

It is cultivated throughout India, and often met with as an escape(originally cultivated, but self propagating plant).

It is an aromatic and erect annual herb. Stem is angular, glandular and hairy. The leaves are simple, lower spathulate, entire, and upper one is lanceolate, with cordate-amplexical base. The flower heads are terminal and heterogamous. Flowers are light yellow to deep orange in colour. Ray florets are fertile. The achenes are boat-shaped and faintly ribbed. Several cultivars have been developed based on the size, colour, and degree of doubling and quilling.

Principal Constituent:
The flowers contain calenduline, which is the major constituent.

Pharmacology:

It has an antiphlogistic (anti-inflammation) effect in animal models. The aqueous extract has uterotonic effect. The extract of flower heads shows estrogenic property. It also has spasmolytic activity.

Toxicology:

There is no adverse effect is reported on usage of this plant.

Medicinal Uses:
Medicinally, it is credited with tonic, stimulant and astringent properties. It is used in gastrointestinal and genitourinary complaints.

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