Family: Asteraceae
Synonym:
Carelia conyzoides
(L.) Kuntze
Vernacular
name: Appa, Kattappa, Kumminipacha, Murianpache, Pokasunga
Habit:
Herb
Habitat:
Weed in fallow fields and wastelands in the High Ranges
Flowering
& Fruiting: Throughout the year
Distribution:
Pantropical
Key identification features:
Goat weed is a common tropical annual herbaceous weed. It is an erect softly
hairy annual plant. Numerous pale blue or whitish flower-heads often forming
dense domed to flat-topped clusters in leaf axils or end of branches. Flowers
most of the year. The dark seeds have scales and ends in a needle-like shape.
Uses: Used
against epilepsy and wounds, as insect repellent. In China it is used to treat common
colds, headaches, boils, eczema, bleeding wounds, and burns.
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