Family: Asteraceae
Synonym: Eupatorium odoratum L.
Vernacular
name: Assam pacha, Communist-pacha (Malayalam); Kampurodda
(Telugu)
Habit:
Undershrub
Habitat:
Less in the plains, introduced. Aggressive colonizer. Hills, lower slopes,
Flowering
& Fruiting: October-May
Distribution:
Tropical Asia (Naturalized)
Key identification features:
Siam Weed is a big bushy herb or subshrub with long rambling but not twining
branches. In open areas it spreads into tangled, dense thickets and higher when
climbing up vegetation. The leaves are arrowhead-shaped. The seeds are dark
coloured, narrow and oblong, with a parachute of white hairs which turn brown
as the seed dries.
Uses: It is
used as a traditional medicine in Indonesia. The young leaves are crushed, and
the resulting liquid can be used to treat skin wounds
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