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Ageratum conyzoides L.
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Scientific Synonyms:
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| Previous name used in the website: |
Ageratum conyzoides |
| Family name: |
ASTERACEAE
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| English name: |
Billy Goat Weed
Ageratum
Invading Ageratum
Chickweed
Goatweed
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| Sinhala name: |
Hulanthala (හුළංතලා)
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| Tamil name: |
Pumpillu
Appakkoti
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| Sanskrit name: |
Visamustih
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| Conservation status: |
NE - Not Evaluated - Due to exotic origin
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| Description: |
Rank smelling annual herbs, 10 - 100 cm tall. Leaves on hirsute petioles up to 5 cm long, lamina 2 - 8 X 1.5- 6 cm, obtuse or subacute at the apex, truncate, rounded or cuneate at the base, margins crenate, hirsute on both surfaces with long spreading hairs. Capitula 3 - 4 mm diam. in corymbs of about 5 - 15 capitula, borne on pubescent peduncles 0.5 - 2 cm long which bear short linear bracts. Pappus scales 5, c. 2 mm long, lanceolate, finely scabrous on the margins, acuminate into a bristle like point.
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| Native Distribution Status: |
Native
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| Edible parts: |
Available soon
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| Treatment for: |
Venomous stings / bites
Haemorrhoids
Arthritis
Rheumatism
Ear Diseases
Heart Diseases
Liver Diseases
Naso-pharyngeal diseases
Stomach ailments
Eye Diseases
Skin Diseases
Mucosal Diseases
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| Parts used in Treatment: |
Leaves
Roots
Flowers
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| Related Medical Properties: |
Emetic
Febrifuge
Sedative
Pain-killer
Antiaborifacient
Vermifuge
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