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Tridax procumbens

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Identification
Tridax procumbens L. [family ASTERACEAE ]
Related name
  • Tridax procumbens
Common name
  • sábárúmá (Macgregor) (NIGERIA, YORUBA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • harantama (RES) (NIGERIA, HAUSA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • nuke-noh, nuke: grasshopper; noh: a medicinal plant, indicating it had grown up from grasshopper’s dung (FNH) (NIGERIA, CHAMBA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • kodelẹ yiri (Clarke) (NIGERIA, YORUBA (Ilorin)), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1

Flora

Entry for TRIDAX procumbens L. [family COMPOSITAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Somalia
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Somalia, (2000) Author: by H. Beentje (Acanthospermum, Ageratum, Aspilia, Atractylis, Blainvillea, Blumea, Carthamus, Cirsium, Conyza, Crepis, Dichrocephala, Distephanus, Echinops, Eclipta, Erlangera, Felicia, Flaveria, Geigera, Gerbera, Grangea, Gutenbergia, Helichrysum, Iphiona, Iphionopsis, Jurinea, Laggera, Litogyne, Osteospermum, Pegolettia, Pentanema, Pseudoblepharispermum, Pseudognaphalium, Psiadia, Pulicaria, Reichardia, Sclerocarpus, Sonchus, Sphaeranthus, Tagetes, Tarchonanthus, Tridax, Vernonia, Volutaria, Xanthium), T. Eriksson (Athroisma, Blepharispermum), N. Kilian (Launaea), S. King-Jones & M. Thulin (Pluchea), Mesfin Tadesse (Bidens), S. Ortiz & J. Rodríguez-Oubiña (Dicoma), and M. Thulin (Cineraria, Doellia, Emilia, Erythroseris, Euryops, Galinsoga, Gynura, Helianthus, Kleinia, Lactuca, Pentzia, Senecio, Solanecio, Verbesina, Zinnia). [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
Names
TRIDAX procumbens L. [family COMPOSITAE], (1753). Fig. 377.
Information
Perennial herb, 15–50 cm high; stems procumbent, striate, pilose to hirsute. Leaves opposite or alternate near inflorescence, outline ovate to elliptic, 1.5–7(–12)´0.5–3.5(–6) cm, simple to 3‑lobed or 3‑cleft, base cuneate to attenuate, margins coarsely dentate, apex acute or acuminate, scabrid on both surfaces, petiolate; petiole to 1.5 cm long. Capitula solitary on stalks to 22 cm long; involucre 5–8 mm long; outer phyllaries green, inner light brown, scabrid-pilose; paleae linear, 6–9 mm long, keeled. Ray florets pale yellow or cream, 3–6, rays 2–5´2 mm; disk florets yellow, 5–7 mm long. Achenes black, cylindrical to narrowly obovoid, 1.8–2.5 mm long, pubescent; pappus of ray florets reduced, 2–3 mm long, of disk florets of plumose unequal bristles 3–5 mm long, flattened near base.
Range
S1–3 pantropical.
Altitude range
50–300 m.
Distribution
SOMALIA Ciferri 37; Vatova 39; Eagleton 89.

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