Family:
Asteraceae Bercht. & J.Presl
Genus:
Chromolaena DC.

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

This species is accepted, and its native range is Tropical & Subtropical America. It is used to treat unspecified medicinal disorders, as animal food, a poison and a medicine, has environmental uses and for food.

[UPB]

The Useful Plants of Boyacá project

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

[UPFC]
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, Cu
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.

[UNAL]

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

[CPLC]

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

[FWTA]

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

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

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

[UPFC]
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.

Native to:

Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Bahamas, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Cayman Is., Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Florida, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Suriname, Texas, Trinidad-Tobago, Turks-Caicos Is., Venezuela, Windward Is.

Introduced into:

Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Benin, Cabinda, Cambodia, Cameroon, Caroline Is., Central African Repu, Chad, China South-Central, China Southeast, Congo, East Himalaya, Gabon, Hainan, India, Ivory Coast, Jawa, KwaZulu-Natal, Laos, Line Is., Malaya, Marianas, Mauritius, Myanmar, Nepal, Nicobar Is., Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Philippines, Queensland, South China Sea, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam, West Himalaya, Zaïre

Chromolaena odorata (L.) R.M.King & H.Rob. appears in other Kew resources:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status
Aug 1, 2015 Simaga [09729B], Papua New Guinea K001045466
Jun 1, 2015 Hassler, E. [11859], Paraguay K001089826 isotype
Apr 1, 2013 Prance, G.T. [9892], Brazil K000940191
Jun 1, 2009 Ismail [29], Malaysia K000610776
Mar 1, 2009 Jansen-Jacobs, M.J. et al [6642], Surinam K000373269
Jan 1, 2009 Chan [FRI 49280], Peninsular Malaysia K000575518
Jan 1, 2009 Phoon, S.N. [FRI 53202], Peninsular Malaysia K000575519
Jan 1, 2009 Zappi, D.C. [1427], Mato Grosso K000579641
Feb 1, 2008 Ambriansyah, A. et al. [3074], Kalimantan K000512328
Jul 1, 2001 Lane, P. [276], Cameroon K000108768
Jul 1, 2001 Gosline, G. [169], Cameroon K000108641
Jul 1, 2001 Etuge, M. [1557], Cameroon K000108642
Jul 1, 2001 Cheek, M. [8977], Cameroon K000108769
Jul 1, 1993 Spruce, R. [230], Brazil K001058963
Feb 1, 1992 Hind, D.J.N. [35], Bahia K000069575
Feb 1, 1992 Hind, D.J.N. [35], Bahia K000069574
May 1, 1989 Harley, R.M. [25177], Brazil K000940190
Mar 28, 1989 Hoehne, W. [1633], Brazil K000940189
Jan 1, 1987 Cid Ferreira, C.A. [4870], Brazil K000940194
Jan 1, 1979 Araujo, D. [1187], Brazil K000940188
Hatschbach, G. [56994], Bahia K000069576
Mori, S.A. [13943], Bahia K000069578
King, R.M. [8053], Bahia K000069579
Luschnath [s.n.], Bahia K000069580
Tweedie [s.n.], Buenos Aires K000486876
Lorentz, P.G. [202], Tucumán K000486877
Archer, W.A. [7804], Brazil K000940192
Dusén, P. [14683], Brazil K000940187
Pires, J.M. [s.n.], Brazil K000940196
Salzmann, P. [14], Brazil K000069583
Mori, S.A. [14427], Bahia K000069581
André, E.F. [K1166], Colombia K000486899
Preston, T.A. [s.n.], Brazil K000069584
Luschnath [s.n.], Bahia K000069582
Glocker [57], Bahia K000069585
Salzmann, P. [14], Brazil K000069586
Ule, E. [9902], Brazil K000940195
Allen, C.K. [2705], Brazil K000940197
Harley, R.M. [22009], Bahia K000069577
Traill, J.W.H. [461], Brazil K000940198
Hunt, D.R. [6029], Brazil K000940193
March [1192], Jamaica K000486838
Wright, C. [294], Cuba K000486839
Lehmann, F.C. [7953], Colombia Chromolaena barranquillensis K000486768

First published in Phytologia 20: 204 (1970)

Accepted by

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  • Koyama, H., Bunwong, S., Pornpongrungrueng, P. & Hind, D.J.N. (2016). Flora of Thailand 13(2): 143-428. The Forest Herbarium, Royal Forest Department.
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  • Pruski, J.F. (ed.) (2018). Flora Mesoamericana 5(2): 1-608. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, D.F.
  • Roskov Y. & al. (eds.) (2018). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands.
  • Sarder, N.U. & Hassan, M.A. (eds.) (2018). Vascular flora of Chittagong and the Chittagong Hill Tracts 3: 1-978. Bangladesh National Herbarium, Dhaka.
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