Aster tongolensis

Aster tongolensis, commonly called East Indies aster, is a plant species of the genus Aster.^[1][2] Along with Aster souliei, it has been used in traditional Tibetan medicine for thousands of years as treatment for bronchitis, difficulty in urinating, and hemoptysis caused by tuberculosis.^[3]

Aster tongolensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Genus:	Aster
Species:	A. tongolensis
Binomial name
Aster tongolensis Franch.