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Tridax procumbens - Inflorescence - Click to enlarge!

Inflorescence; Valley View University, Oyibi, Ghana; 4/2004 © Jörn Germer

Tridax procumbens - Fruits on mature head - Click to enlarge!

Fruits on mature head; Valley View University, Oyibi, Ghana; 4/2005 © Jörn Germer

Tridax procumbens - Upper and lower surface of leaf - Click to enlarge!

Upper and lower surface of leaf; Valley View University, Oyibi, Ghana; 7/2005 © Jörn Germer

Tridax procumbens - Leaves - Click to enlarge!

Leaves; Valley View University, Oyibi, Ghana; 4/2004 © Jörn Germer

Tridax procumbens - Habit - Click to enlarge!

Habit; Valley View University, Oyibi, Ghana; 4/2004 © Jörn Germer

Tridax procumbens - Click to enlarge!

Inflorescence; Source: Lit.# [13]

Dataset

Identifier: 100
Date of entry: 25.08.2005
Last update: 11.01.2020

Common name

English: Coat Buttons

Mandarin: 羽芒菊 (yu mang ju)

Portuguese: Erva-de-touro

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae (2715)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (2217)

      Order: Asterales (229)

        Family: Asteraceae (228)(family description)

          Genus: Tridax (1)

            Epithet: procumbens L. (2)

Synonyms: Balbisia canescens Rich., Balbisia divaricata Cass.

canescens => greyish-white, hoary

divaricata => straggly, sprawling, or spreading

procumbens => prostrate or lying down

Characteristics

Climate: tropical

Habitat: mesophytic

Habit: herb

Flower colour: yellow, white

External links

Check for Tridax procumbens at

World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI

Literature

  • [12] Dokosi, O.B. (1998): Herbs of Ghana. Ghana University Press, Accra, Ghana.
  • [13] Sauerborn E., Sauerborn J. (1985): Wichtige Unkrautarten der Tropen und Subtropen. Verlag Josef Margraf, Weikersheim, Germany.

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