Ageratum conyzoides

(Hidayat & Abdurrahman, 2017)

Kigdom           : Plantae

Phylum            : Tracheophyta

Classis             : Magnoliopsida         

Ordo                : Asterales

Familia            : Asteraceae

Genus              : Ageratum
Species            : Ageratum conyzoides

Local Name
Babadotan/Wandotan/Wedusan


Description

(Hidayat & Abdurrahman, 2017)

Ageratum conyzoides is a small herbaceous plant, erect, hairy and more or less branchy. Its stem is robust, often tinged with red and bristling with hair. If it is crushed, the seedling gives off a smell of 'goat'. The leaves are soft. They are opposite and long petiolate. The blade is covered with hair on both sides. The amrgin of the leaves is regularly toothed. The ribs are well marked. The flowers are grouped into small heads, first of pale purplish blue, then white. These heads are associated in compact terminal packages. The fruit is an achene. At maturity, it is black and surmounted by a crown of scales. Ageratum conyzoides is a plant with upright habit, organized either in solitary axis, with a terminal inflorescence, or in a very branched main axis, with many terminal inflorescences. High in general from 30 to 120 cm. Ageratum conyzoides is an annual species. It multiplies only by seeds. The fruits are transported by wind and water. The seeds are able to germinate immediately after their release. One individual can produce up to 40,000 seeds. The seed bank is very important; there are up to 10 million seeds per hectare in infested pasture. Ageratum conyzoides is native to Central and South America. Worldwide distribution Pantropical to subtropical.

(Hidayat & Abdurrahman, 2017)

(Hidayat & Abdurrahman, 2017)

Benefit
Medicinal: Ageratum conyzoides is sometimes used as a medicinal plant

Location in UPI
Botanical Garden UPI Zone 1