Artemisia carvifolia Buch.-ham. ex Roxb.

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Asteraceae > Artemisia

Characteristics

An annual herb. It grows up to 1 m high. The leaves on the stem are oblong and 5-15 cm long by 2-6 cm wide. They are divided 2 or 3 times.
Life form
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination anemogamy
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 1.0
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color -
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

A tropical and subtropical plant. It grows on river banks and flooded land as well as on coastal beaches from sea level to high elevations. In Sichuan and Yunnan.
More
Moist river banks, floodlands, waysides, outer forest margins, canyons and coastal beaches; from low elevations up to 4,600 metres.
Light -
Soil humidity -
Soil texture -
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) -

Usage

The young plants are cooked. The leaves are used in tea.
Uses food medicinal tea
Edible leaves
Therapeutic use Insecticides (aerial part), Antipyretics (leaf), Abdomen (unspecified), Alexiteric (unspecified), Tuberculosis (unspecified), Convulsion (unspecified), Diarrhea (unspecified), Dysentery (unspecified), Dysuria (unspecified), Epistaxis (unspecified), Hidrosis (unspecified), Repellant(Insect) (unspecified), Jaundice (unspecified), Leukemia (unspecified), Malaria (unspecified), Night-Sweat (unspecified), Piles (unspecified), Polyp(Nose) (unspecified), Polypus (unspecified), Preventitive (unspecified), Skin (unspecified), Sting(Wasp) (unspecified), Thirst (unspecified), Tonic (unspecified), Tumor (unspecified), Vermifuge (unspecified), Vertigo (unspecified), Stomachic (unspecified), Fever (unspecified), Nausea (unspecified), Lassitude (unspecified), Neurasthenia (unspecified), Gastrointestinal diseases (unspecified), Scabies (unspecified), Tuberculosis, pulmonary (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

It can be grown from seed or by using cuttings.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) 30 - 60
Germination temperacture (C°) 15 - 18
Germination luminosity light
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Artemisia carvifolia unspecified picture

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:180209-1
WFO ID wfo-0000126077
COL ID GW6M
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Artemisia schochii Artemisia thunbergiana Artemisia riparia Artemisia apiacea Artemisia carvifolia var. carvifolia Artemisia apiacea var. apiacea Artemisia carvifolia var. apiacea Artemisia carvifolia