Aromatic plants of Kenya II: Volatile constituents of leaf oil of Psiadia Punculata (D.C.) Vatke

Abstract

Psiadia punculata (D.C.) Vatke (P. arabica Jaub. and Spach) (Compositae) is a shrub 0.5-2.5 m (1]. The leaves arc shiny and sticky, narrowly elliptic (ovate), base cuneate or decurrent. apex narrowly acuminate, margin entire or ere¬nate. Flowers are yellow in many-flowered heads. The plant is found in grassland, bushland and dry forest edges in Kenya. Powdered leaf decoction is used to trcat abdominal pains