Flower heads, side view; Valley View University, Oyibi, Ghana; 4/2004 © Jörn Germer
Flower head buds; Valley View University, Oyibi, Ghana; 4/2004 © Jörn Germer
Inflorescence; Valley View University, Oyibi, Ghana; 4/2005 © Jörn Germer
Flower heads; Nigeria; 10/2012 © Ralf Biechele
Top and lower side of leaf; View University, Oyibi, Ghana; 7/2005 © Jörn Germer
Infructescences; Nigeria; 10/2012 © Ralf Biechele
Habit; Nigeria; 10/2012 © Ralf Biechele
Identifier: 85 Date of entry: 04.10.2005 Last update: 12.01.2020
English: Siam Weed
Mandarin: 飞机草 (fei ji cao)
Kingdom: Plantae (2715)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2217)
Order: Asterales (229)
Family: Asteraceae (228)(family description)
Genus: Chromolaena (1)
Epithet: odorata (L.) King & H.E. Robins. (4)
odorata => sweet-smelling
Climate: tropical
Habitat: mesophytic
Habit: shrub
Flower colour: white
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