Asteraceae FAMILY

Ethulia conyzoides

Edibility

1/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Ethulia conyzoides is an erect or decumbent annual plant, though it can sometimes live for more than a year. A somewhat aromatic plant with stems that can become more or less woody at the base, it can be unbranched or an branch from higher up, and usually grows up to 1.5 metres tall, exceptionally to 2 metres[ 308 Title Flora Zambesiaca Publication Author Website http://apps.kew.org/efloras/fz/intro.html Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent online flora of plants from the Zambezi River basin. It lists a number of the plant uses as well as the habitats and botanical descriptions of the plants. , 332 Title The Useful Plants of West Tropical Africa. Publication Author Burkil. H. M. Publisher Royal Botanic Gardens; Kew. Year 1985 - 2004 ISBN Description Brief descriptions and details of the uses of over 4,000 plants. A superb, if terse, resource, it is also available electronically on the Web - see http://www.aluka.org/ ]. The plant is harvested from the wild, mainly for local medicinal use.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeWidespread in Africa, through Asia to the India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, southwest China, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam.

HabitatWet grassland or near rivers[ 332 Title The Useful Plants of West Tropical Africa. Publication Author Burkil. H. M. Publisher Royal Botanic Gardens; Kew. Year 1985 - 2004 ISBN Description Brief descriptions and details of the uses of over 4,000 plants. A superb, if terse, resource, it is also available electronically on the Web - see http://www.aluka.org/ ].