Plant Profile
Herb descriptions
Botany
Binomial nomenclature
Ageratina adenophora
Scientific Name and Description
Eupatorium adenophorum SPRENG
Ageratina adenophora (Spreng.) R.M.
King and H. Rob.
Ageratina adenophora (SPR.) KING & ROB.,
Ageratina adenophora (Spreng.) R.M.
King and H. Rob.
Ageratina adenophora (SPR.) KING & ROB.,
Herb Family
Plant type
Shrub
Plant Synonyms
Plant Synonyms
Ageratina adenophora (SPR.) KING & ROB.,
Eupatorium glandulosum SCH. BIP. EX BAKER
Eupatorium adenophorum Spreng.
Eupatorium adenophorum Spreng.
Eupatorium glandulosum Michx.
Eupatorium glandulosum Hort. ex Kunth
Eupatorium pasadenense Parish
Eupatorium glandulosum SCH. BIP. EX BAKER
Eupatorium adenophorum Spreng.
Eupatorium adenophorum Spreng.
Eupatorium glandulosum Michx.
Eupatorium glandulosum Hort. ex Kunth
Eupatorium pasadenense Parish
Plant Names - Common - Regional - Vernacular
| Common names | Crofton weed, Sticky Eupatorium, Thoroughwort, Crofton weed, |
| English | crofton weed, mexican devil |
| Hindi | bakura |
Plants Medicinal Value
Medicinal Systems
Folk
Herb usable parts
Whole plant
Ethnopharmacology use
Ageratina adenophora (Spreng.) R.M. King and H. Rob.
Habit-Shrub
Parts used -Whole plant
Application -Body pain; tooth decay; foetus movement; wounds; skin diseases; cuts
Treatment -General; foetus
References -Kumar et al. 2007, Namsa et al. 2009, Rao et al. 2011
References
Literature
Literature
Udayan et al. 2005
Namsa et al. 2009
Rao et al. 2011
FLORA OF INDIA VOL 12 Author - ED. B.D. SHARMA & M.SANJAPPA , N.P. BALAKRISHNAN
Flora of Maharashtra State (Dicotyledons) Volume 2 Author - N.P.Singh, P.Lakshminarasimhan, S.Karthikeyan & P.V. Prasanna
FLORA OF TRIPURA STATE VOL2 Author - D.B. DEB
Published 11 February 2019 http://dx.doi.org/10.32859/era.18.4.1-112
Citations
Herb citations
Ageratina adenophora. (2023, September 14). In Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ageratina_adenophora