Ageratum conyzoides - Goat weed
❏ Binomial Name : Ageratum conyzoides (L.) L.
❏ Family : Compositae
❏ Common Name : Goat weed, Billy goat weed
❏ Tamil Name : Pumppillu, Appakkoti
❏ Hindi Name : Jangli pudina, Visadodi, Semandulu, Gha buti, Bhakumbar
❏ IUCN status: Not Evaluated
Ageratum conyzoides Botanical Description
Herbs, viscid hairy. Leaves 5-7 x 3-5 cm, ovate, apex acute, crenate, base rounded; petiole 1-3 cm long. Heads white, to 7 mm across, in terminal corymbose panicle; bracts 1-3-seriate, 3-4 mm long, elliptic, toothed at apex, 3-ribbed. Flowers all similar, bisexual; corolla 2.5 mm long, tubular, white, glabrous, 5-lobed at apex; stamens 5, anthers linear. Achenes 2 mm long, linear, 5-angled, hirsute along the angles; pappus 3-4 mm long, many, setaceous. Fl. &Fr.: August-December.
Ageratum conyzoides Medicinal uses
❀ The whole plant is antiinflammatory and antiallergic.
❀ The essential oils contained in the plant have antibiotic properties.
❀ The juice of the fresh plant, or an extract of the dried plant, is used in the treatment of allergic rhinitis and sinusitis.
❀ The juice of the fresh plant is also useful in treating post-partum uterine haemorrhage.
❀ The juice of the plant is used to treat cuts, wounds and bruises.
