| Accepted name: |
Eclipta prostrata (L.) L. |
| Synonym(s): |
-Eclipta erecta L.
-Eclipta alba (L.) Hassk.
-Verbesina alba L.
-Verbesina prostrata L.
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| English names: |
Yerba-de-tajo
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| French names: |
Eclipte blanche
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| Classification: |
Kingdom: Plantae
Divison: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
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| OPL Code: |
HECLPR
(to track OPL, Newmaster et al. 1998) |
| Lifeform: |
2 |
| Lifecycle: |
A |
| Source database: |
FOIBIS, June 2005-2012 |
| Floristic Affinities: |
- |
| Distribution: |
-
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| Ecosystem: |
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| Microhabitat: |
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| Ethnobotanical Notes: |
Cultivated in Gabon as a pot-herb; also used medicinally. Wild-growing plants are also used medicinally in Malaysia, the Philippines and elsewhere(1). |
| Key Characters: |
- |
