WorldFloraDB - Acilepis aspera

Characteristics

A herb or small shrub. It grows 1-2 m tall. It is woody at the base. The leaves are broadly oval and 5-12 cm long by 2-5 cm wide. They are stiffly papery and hairy underneath. They are wedge shaped at the base and there are teeth along the edge. The flowers are in dense panicles near the top of the plant.

Life form

perennial

Growth form

herb

Growth support

-

Foliage retention

-

Sexuality

hermaphrodite

Pollination

-

Spread

-

Mature width (meter)

-

Mature height (meter)

1.0 - 2.0

Root system

-

Rooting depth (meter)

-

Root diameter (meter)

-

Flower color

-

Blooming months

Jan	Feb	Mar
Apr	May	Jun
Jul	Aug	Sep
Oct	Nov	Dec

Fruit color

-

Fruiting months

-

Nitrogen fixer

-

Photosynthetic pathway

-

Environment

A tropical plant.

Light	-
Soil humidity	-
Soil texture	-
Soil acidity	-
Soil nutriment	-
Hardiness (USDA)

Usage

The leaves are eaten as a vegetable.

Uses	medicinal
Edible	leaves
Therapeutic use	Rheumatism (unspecified), Cholera (unspecified)
Human toxicity	-
Animal toxicity	-

Cultivation

Mode	-
Germination duration (days)	-
Germination temperacture (C°)	-
Germination luminosity	-
Germination treatment	-
Minimum temperature (C°)	-
Optimum temperature (C°)	-
Size	-
Vigor	-
Productivity	-

Distribution

Identifiers

LSID	urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:1010881-1
WFO ID	wfo-0000067526
COL ID	64J53
BDTFX ID	-
INPN ID	-
Wikipedia (EN)
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Onopordum carthamoides Conyza aspera Vernonia roxburghii Vernonia thorelii Cacalia pyramidale Eupatorium pyramidale Vernonia pyramidale Conyza platylepis Eupatorium asperum Vernonia pyramidalis Vernonia aspera Vernonia aspera Xipholepis aspera Acilepis aspera

WorldFloraDB 2024

Acilepis aspera (Buch.-ham.) H.Rob.

Species