Chromolaena odorata 1

Chromolaena odorata

Chromolaena odorata

Scientific classification

Kingdom: Plantae Unranked: Angiosperms Unranked: Eudicots Unranked: Asterids Order: Asterales Family: Asteraceae Genus: Chromolaena

Species: C. odorata

Binomial name

Chromolaena odorata(L.) King & H.E.Robins.

Synonyms

Eupatorium odoratumOsmia odorata (L.) Sch.Bip.

Indian Cabbage White (Pieris canidia) on C.odorata at Samsing in Darjeeling district of West

Bengal, India.

Chromolaena odorata is a species of flowering shrub in the sunflowerfamily, Asteraceae. It is native to North America, from Florida andTexas to Mexico and the Caribbean,[1] and has been introduced totropical Asia, west Africa, and parts of Australia. Common namesinclude Siam Weed, Christmas Bush, and Common Floss Flower. Itis sometimes grown as a medicinal and ornamental plant. It is used as atraditional medicine in Indonesia. The young leaves are crushed, andthe resulting liquid can be used to treat skin wounds.

It was earlier taxonomically classified under the genus Eupatorium, butis now considered more closely related to other genera in the tribeEupatorieae.[2]

Chromolaena odorata is considered invasive weed of field crops in itsintroduced range, and has been reported to be the most problematicinvasive species within protected rainforests in Africa.[3]

Chromolaena odorata 2

ToxicityChromolaena odorata contains carcinogenic pyrrolizidine alkaloids.[4]

Chromolaena odorata inHyderabad, India.

Chromolaena odorata inHyderabad, India.

Chromolaena odorata inHyderabad, India.

Chromolaena odorata inHyderabad, India.

References[1] "Chromolaena odorata" (http:/ / www. efloras. org/ florataxon. aspx?flora_id=1& taxon_id=242312602). Flora of North America. .[2] GJ Schmidt, EE Schilling (May 2000). "Phylogeny and Biogeography of Eupatorium (Asteraceae: Eupatorieae) Based on Nuclear ITS

Sequence" (http:/ / www. amjbot. org/ cgi/ content/ full/ 87/ 5/ 716). American Journal of Botany (Botanical Society of America) 87 (5):716–726. doi:10.2307/2656858. JSTOR 2656858. PMID 10811796. .

[3] TT Struhsaker, PJ Struhsaker, KS Siex (May 2005). "Conserving Africa’s rain forests: problems in protected areas and possible solutions"(http:/ / rmportal. net/ library/ content/ frame/ africas-forest-parks-final-paper. pdf/ at_download/ file) (PDF). Biological Conservation 123 (1):45–54. doi:10.1016/j.biocon.2004.10.007. ISSN 0006-3207. .

[4] Fu, P.P., Yang, Y.C., Xia, Q., Chou, M.C., Cui, Y.Y., Lin G., "Pyrrolizidine alkaloids-tumorigenic components in Chinese herbal medicinesand dietary supplements", Journal of Food and Drug Analysis, Vol. 10, No. 4, 2002, pp. 198-211 (http:/ / 66. 102. 1. 104/ scholar?hl=en&lr=& q=cache:Rpy0OFYQGecJ:www. nlfd. gov. tw/ en/ ch/ MultiMedia_FileDownload.ashx?guid=304d1580-c6aa-4502-900e-cab744c31985+ author:"Fu"+ intitle:"Pyrrolizidine+ alkaloids-tumorigenic+ components+ in+ . . . "+ )

Further reading• Pink, A. (2004). Gardening for the Million (http:/ / www. gutenberg. org/ etext/ 11892). Project Gutenberg

Literary Archive Foundation.• Raimundo, R. L. G., R. L. Fonseca, R. Schachetti-Pereira, A. T. Peterson & Thomas Michael Lewinsohn,

2007.Native and Exotic Distributions of Siamweed (Chromolaena odorata) Modeled Using the Genetic Algorithmfor Rule-Set Production. Weed Science, 55 (1): 41–48 | Abstract (http:/ / apt. allenpress. com/ perlserv/?request=get-abstract& doi=10. 1614/ WS-06-083. 1& ct=1)

External links• Factsheet (http:/ / www. nrm. qld. gov. au/ factsheets/ pdf/ pest/ pp49. pdf)• USDA factsheet (http:/ / plants. usda. gov/ java/ profile?symbol=CHOD)• (Spanish) Eupatorium odoratum (http:/ / www. semarnat. gob. mx/ pfnm/ EupatoriumOdoratum. html)

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