Asteraceae FAMILY
Tridax procumbens
Tridax procumbens
Edibility
2/5
Medicinal
2/5
Safety & Hazards
Contact with this plant can sometimes cause skin irritation[1].
Cultivation Details
HabitPerennial
Growth—
The plant is particularly well-adapted to coarse-textured soils[2]. A widespread weed, spreading freely by means of its creeping stems and prolific production of seeds that are dispersed by the wind[2]. Plants can flower and produce fruit all year round[3].
Propagation
Seed - Division. Cite as: Tropical Plants Database, Ken Fern. tropical.theferns.info. 2026-02-20. <tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Tridax+procumbens>
Pollinators
Insects
References
- [1]Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants — http://www.anbg.gov.au/cpbr/cd-keys/rfk/index.html ↩︎An online resource giving botanical information, and a little bit about plant usage, for over 2,700 species of plants found in the Australian rainforest.
- [2]Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk — http://www.hear.org/pier/scientificnames/index.html ↩︎A very good website detailing weed species that have been introduced into the Pacific Islands.
- [3]Medicinal Plants in Papua New Guinea — World Health Organisation · 2009 · ISBN 978-92-9061-249-0 ↩︎Traditional medicinal uses of 126 species from Papua New Guinea, including information on modern research into the plants.
- [4]Plant Resources of Southeast Asia — http://proseanet.org/ ↩︎Lots of information on the uses of the plants of SE Asia.
- [5]Pharmacognostical and Preliminary Phytochemical Studies of Leaves of Tridax procumbens. — Prajapati K. Et al · Ethnobotanical Leaflets 12: 1283-89. · 2008 ↩︎A preliminary study of Tridax procumbens and its medicinal uses.