Asteraceae FAMILY

Sigesbeckia orientalis

Edibility

1/5

Medicinal

3/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Sigesbeckia orientalis is an erect, annual plant, growing from a tap-root, usually with spreading branches from low down; it usually grows around 60cm tall, occasionally to 120cm[ 360 Title Philippine Medicinal Plants Publication Author Website http://www.stuartxchange.org/CompleteList.html Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description A lovely site, giving brief details on the medicinal uses of several hundred (over 400 at the last count) plants in the Philippines, plus a picture of each plant. ]. The plant is widely used as a medicinal herb, being harvested from the wild in Africa, the warmer regions of Asia and also in S. America. It is sometimes also cultivated for medicinal use[ 310 Title Plant Resources of Southeast Asia Publication Author Website http://proseanet.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Lots of information on the uses of the plants of SE Asia. ]. The plant has spread as a weed and is considered to be invasive in several areas, including several of the Pacific Islands.

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate; tropical

Native RangeProbably originally native to tropical and subtropical regions of Africa and Asia, it is widely naturalized in warm temperate to tropical regions

HabitatForest shade; at elevations from 1,700 - 2,000 metres in Kashmir[ 145 Title Forest Flora of Srinagar. Publication Author Singh. Dr. G. and Kachroo. Prof. Dr. P. Publisher Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh Year 1976 ISBN - Description A good flora of the western Himalayas but poorly illustrated. Some information on plant uses. ]. In open, waste places, roadsides, fallow fields, young secondary forest, tea and coffee plantations; mainly at low elevations, sometimes ascending to 2,100 metres[ 310 Title Plant Resources of Southeast Asia Publication Author Website http://proseanet.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Lots of information on the uses of the plants of SE Asia. , 360 Title Philippine Medicinal Plants Publication Author Website http://www.stuartxchange.org/CompleteList.html Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description A lovely site, giving brief details on the medicinal uses of several hundred (over 400 at the last count) plants in the Philippines, plus a picture of each plant. ].