Chromolaena odorata
Chromolaena odorata
Safety & Hazards
When applied as a green manure in rice paddies, compounds in the plant may kill fish[ 310 Title Plant Resources of Southeast Asia Publication Author Website http://proseanet.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Lots of information on the uses of the plants of SE Asia. ].
Botanical Description
Chromolaena odorata often starts its life as a perennial plant with more or less woody stems that die down at the end of the growing season. It eventually becomes more shrub-like, producing long, rambling stems that can be 7 metres or more long; forming tangled thickets of growth up to 3 metres high in the open and 7 metres or more in the forest[ 305 Title Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk Publication Author Website http://www.hear.org/pier/scientificnames/index.html Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description A very good website detailing weed species that have been introduced into the Pacific Islands. , 372 Title Flowers of India Publication Author Website http://www.flowersofindia.net/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description A wed site of native Indian plants, plus cultivated and naturalized species. It has good quality photos and terse details on more than 3,000 species and cultivars. , 701 Title Asean Tropical Plant Database Publication Author Website http://211.114.21.20/tropicalplant/index.jsp Publisher Year ISBN Description Terse details, with photos, of many of the plants growing in the tropical forests of southeast Asia. Gives some details of plant uses along with a description of the plant and its range. ]. The tree is harvested from the wild as a local source of medicines. Often grown as an ornamental, it also has potential as a pioneer species in reforestation projects.