Xanthium pungens Wallr

Lampourde piquante (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Asteraceae > Xanthium

Characteristics

An annual monoecious deciduous herb. It grows 1.5m high.
Life form annual
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality monoecy
Pollination entomogamy
Spread epizoochory
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 1.5
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Light -
Soil humidity -
Soil texture -
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

Usage

Uses food
Edible seeds
Therapeutic use Demulcents (fruit), Diuretics (fruit), Headache (fruit), Hypnotics and sedatives (fruit), Kidney calculi (fruit), Kidney diseases (fruit), Malaria (fruit), General tonic for rejuvenation (fruit), Scurvy (fruit), Smallpox (fruit), Urination disorders (fruit), Cooling effect on body (fruit), Cough (leaf), Fever (leaf), Abortifacient agents (root), Lung diseases (root), Menstruation-inducing agents (root), Aphrodisiacs (unspecified), Hypnotics and sedatives (unspecified), Malaria (unspecified), Urination disorders (unspecified), Reduced salivation (unspecified), Diaphoretic (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Mode -
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Optimum temperature (C°) -
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Vigor -
Productivity -

Distribution

Xanthium pungens world distribution map, present in American Samoa, Australia, Fiji, France, India, Kenya, and South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:129336-3
WFO ID wfo-0000035384
COL ID 5C4YM
BDTFX ID 73039
INPN ID 130486
Wikipedia (EN)
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Xanthium pungens Xanthium pensylvanicum var. pensylvanicum Xanthium pungens var. pungens