Chromolaena odorata
Vernacular names
(In territories with significant traditional TRAMIL use)
Dominican Republic:
- rompezaragüey
Botanical description
Perennial shrub, erect or scrambling 1-3 m high. Stems round, pubescent; leaves opposite, 6-12 cm long, ovate to ovate-lanceolate, blades three-nerved from the base, pubescent above and below with copious yellow glands among the hairs beneath, margins irregularly dentate; capitula in terminal corymbs, up to 5-10 cm wide; florets 14-25 pale mauve or white; achenes ribbed 4-5mm long.
Voucher(s)
Jiménez,103,JBSD
Pharmacopoeia
Ed.2References
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