East globe indian thistle the most pronounceable name given to sphaeranthus indicus is a medicine from ayurveda that appears to have a wide variety of claims attributed to it. It appears remarkably potent at a few claims but a huge limitation of the science behind this herb is that the mechanisms of actions and the actual molecules in the plant that exert these actions are currently not well known at all. Many studies use particular extracts of the plant to concentrate a certain class of nutrients (such as petroleum ether extracts to concentrate the nonpolar compounds like sequiterpenes) sanskrit: mahamundi shravani tapasvini mundi hapus hindi: gorakhmundi mundi bengali: chagulnadi ghorkmundi marathi: barasavodi gorakhmundi gujarati: bodiokalara mundi dorakhmundi telugu: boddatarupa boddasoram tamil: kottakaranthai urdu: kamdaryus malayalam: adakkamanian attakkamanni mirangani santal: belaunja undari: mundi riya: murisa bokashungi panjabi: ghundi khamadrus mundibuti english: east indian globe thistle