Asteraceae
Chromolaena

Chromolaena odorata (L.) R.M.King & H.Rob.

First published in Phytologia 20: 204 (1970)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical & Subtropical America. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the subtropical biome. It is used to treat unspecified medicinal disorders, as animal food, a poison and a medicine, has environmental uses and for food.

Descriptions

The Useful Plants of Boyacá project

Ecology
Alt. 5 - 2430 m.
Distribution
Native from Colombia.
Morphology General Habit
Shrub.
[UPB]

Distribution
Biogeografic region: Amazonia, Andean, Guiana Shield, Caribbean, Orinoquia, Pacific. Elevation range: 5–2430 m a.s.l. Native to Colombia. Colombian departments: Amazonas, Antioquia, Atlántico, Bolívar, Boyacá, Caldas, Caquetá, Casanare, Chocó, Córdoba, Cundinamarca, La Guajira, Magdalena, Meta, Nariño, Norte de Santander, Putumayo, Risaralda, San Andrés y Providencia, Santander, Sucre, Tolima, Valle del Cauca, Vaupés, Vichada.
Habit
Shrub.
Conservation
National Red List of Colombia (2021): Potential LC.
Ecology
Habitat according IUCN Habitats Classification: forest and woodland, savanna, shrubland, native grassland, wetlands (inland), artificial - terrestrial.
[UPFC]

George R. Proctor (2012). Flora of the Cayman Isands (Second Edition). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

Morphology General Habit
A mostly erect, short-lived shrub to 2 m tall, the younger stems puberulous or scabrid; leaves petiolate, ovate or broadly ovate, mostly 2.5–8 cm long, acuminate at the apex and abruptly cuneate at the base, the margins broadly crenate-toothed, puberulous or glabrate on the upper side, densely puberulous beneath
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Corymbs 2–3-branched; phyllaries in about 5 series, up to 7 mm long, green-tipped
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Florets
Florets lavender-whitish, ca. 5 mm long
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Achenes scabrous on the angles, 3–4 mm long.
Distribution
Grand Cayman, Cayman Brac. Southern U. S. A., the West Indies and continental tropical America. This species has become an invasive weed in parts of Africa and Malaysia.
Ecology
Common along roadsides, in pastures, clearings and in rocky thickets.
[Cayman]

Extinction risk predictions for the world's flowering plants to support their conservation (2024). Bachman, S.P., Brown, M.J.M., Leão, T.C.C., Lughadha, E.N., Walker, B.E. https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/nph.19592

Conservation
Predicted extinction risk: not threatened. Confidence: confident
[AERP]

Bernal, R., G. Galeano, A. Rodríguez, H. Sarmiento y M. Gutiérrez. 2017. Nombres Comunes de las Plantas de Colombia. http://www.biovirtual.unal.edu.co/nombrescomunes/

Vernacular
balsilla, cadillo, jarilla, morada, rozavieja, salvia, salvia amarga, salvia blanca, salvia morada, sanalotodo, varejón, verbena arisca, verbena blanca
[UNAL]

Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co

Distribution
Nativa en Colombia; Alt. 5 - 2430 m.; Amazonia, Andes, Guayana y Serranía de La Macarena, Islas Caribeñas, Llanura del Caribe, Orinoquia, Pacífico, Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Valle del Cauca, Valle del Magdalena.
Morphology General Habit
Arbusto
Conservation
Preocupación Menor
[CPLC]

Compositae, C. D. Adams. Flora of West Tropical Africa 2. 1963

Note
A rank-scented weed.
Morphology General Habit
A diffuse shrub with angular pubescent branched stems up to about 8 ft. high
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Florets
Florets white, mauve or pale blue in heads arranged in sub-umbellate inflorescences at the ends of short branches
[FWTA]

Vernacular
Jarilla, Lang chat, Rompe zaragüey, Salvia, Salvia amarga
[UPFC]

Uses

Use Medicines Unspecified Medicinal Disorders
Medicinal (State of the World's Plants 2016).
[UPB]

Use Animal Food
Used as animal food.
Use Environmental
Environmental uses.
Use Food
Used for food.
Use Materials
Used as material.
Use Medicines
Medical uses.
Use Poisons
Poisons.
[UPFC]

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of West Tropical Africa

    • Flora of West Tropical Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of the Cayman Islands

    • Flora of the Cayman Islands
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images

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    • ColPlantA database
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

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    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

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    • ColPlantA database
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0