Trees & Plants

Ash coloured fleabane

Fenkumburuvaani, Kambulic

Cyanthillium cinereum (L.) H.

Common in open areas The plant is used to treat intermittent fever, filariasis, blisters, boils, vaginal discharges, cough, malaria, arthritis and leprosy. A poultice from leaves reduces headaches and a root decoction relieves stomach aches and diarrhea. Th reat & damage: A fast-

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uses: The plant is used to treat intermittent fever, filariasis, blisters, boils, vaginal discharges, cough, malaria, arthritis and leprosy. A poultice from leaves reduces headaches and a root decoction relieves stomach aches and diarrhea. Th reat & damage: A fast-growing invasive herb with the capacity to negatively impact various ecosystems. It is listed as a weed in over 27 different crops in 47 countries in
family: Asteraceae
synonym: Conyza cinerea L., Vernonia cinerea (L.) Less.
description: Annual herbs, stem ribbed, H. Rob. smooth or puberulus. Leaves variable, × 2-8 1-3 cm, ovate, acute at both ends, thinly hairy below; petiole 1-2 cm long, × slender. Heads 5 3 mm, in terminal corymbose cymes, peduncled; outer bracts minute, inner oblong, acute, cuspidate, hairy. Flowers 5-10, similar; corolla 3 mm long, glabrous, bluish-purple. Achenes 1.5 mm long, hairy; outer pappus 1 mm long, setaceous, inner 3 mm long.
native range: Africa, tropical and temperate Asia and Australia
distribution: Pantropics
english names: Ash coloured fleabane · Purple fleabane · Little ironweed
flowering fruiting: Th roughout the year
occurrence maldives: Common in open areas