Xanthium strumarium Lour.

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Asteraceae > Xanthium

Characteristics

An annual monoecious deciduous herb. It grows 0.775m high.
Life form annual
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality monoecy
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 0.4
Mature height (meter) 0.78
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) 0.6
Flower color -
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Light 7-9
Soil humidity 1-6
Soil texture 1-6
Soil acidity 3-7
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 7-8

Usage

Uses dye essential oil medicinal
Edible leaves seeds
Therapeutic use Demulcents (fruit), Smallpox (fruit), Cooling effect on body (fruit), Astringents (leaf), Diuretics (leaf), Herpes simplex (leaf), Syphilis (leaf), Tuberculosis, lymph node (leaf), Neoplasms (plant exudate), Abscess (root), Antineoplastic agents (root), Furunculosis (root), Neoplasms (root), General tonic for rejuvenation (root), Tuberculosis, lymph node (root), Ulcer (root), Herpes simplex (shoot), Tuberculosis, lymph node (shoot), Headache (unspecified), Anodyne (unspecified), Astringent (unspecified), Bladder (unspecified), Boil (unspecified), Cancer (unspecified), CNS depressant (unspecified), Cold (unspecified), Demulcent (unspecified), Depurative (unspecified), Diaphoretic (unspecified), Diuretic (unspecified), Eczema (unspecified), Emollient (unspecified), Fungicide (unspecified), Hemicrania (unspecified), Herpes (unspecified), Hyperglycemia (unspecified), Infection (unspecified), Inflammation (unspecified), Laxative (unspecified), Leprosy (unspecified), Leucorrhea (unspecified), Lip (unspecified), Malaria (unspecified), Parturition (unspecified), Poison (unspecified), Preventitive (unspecified), Rabies (unspecified), Rheumatism (unspecified), Scrofula (unspecified), Sedative (unspecified), Shingles (unspecified), Sialogogue (unspecified), Sinusitis (unspecified), Skin (unspecified), Smallpox (unspecified), Sore (unspecified), Styptic (unspecified), Sudorific (unspecified), Swelling (unspecified), Tonic (unspecified), Tubercle (unspecified), Tumor (unspecified), Tumor(Nose) (unspecified), Urogenital (unspecified), Abscess (unspecified), Abrasion (unspecified), Erysipelas (unspecified), Febrifuge (unspecified), Kidney (unspecified), Struma (unspecified), Tea (unspecified), Adenopathy (unspecified), Alterative (unspecified), Arthritis (unspecified), Asthma (unspecified), Bactericide (unspecified), Goiter (unspecified), Hemostat (unspecified), Pruritis (unspecified), Refrigerant (unspecified), Rhinitis (unspecified), Rubella (unspecified), Syphilis (unspecified), Wound (unspecified), Allelopathy (unspecified), Diuretics (unspecified), Emollients (unspecified), Fever (unspecified), Herpes simplex (unspecified), Hypnotics and sedatives (unspecified), Hypohidrosis (unspecified), Neoplasms (unspecified), Tuberculosis, lymph node (unspecified), Vitiligo (unspecified), Anti-bacterial agents (whole plant), Antifungal agents (whole plant), Anti-infective agents (whole plant), Antipruritics (whole plant), Antirheumatic agents (whole plant), Bites and stings (whole plant), Constipation (whole plant), Diarrhea (whole plant), Epilepsy (whole plant), Hypnotics and sedatives (whole plant), Hypohidrosis (whole plant), Leprosy (whole plant), Low back pain (whole plant), Malaria (whole plant), Rhinitis, allergic (whole plant), Salivation (whole plant), Sinusitis (whole plant), Tuberculosis (whole plant), Urticaria (whole plant), Vitiligo (whole plant), Reduced salivation (whole plant), Diaphoretic (whole plant), Rheumatoid arthritis (whole plant)
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 -

Identifiers

LSID -
WFO ID wfo-0000008369
COL ID -
BDTFX ID -
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Synonyms

Xanthium strumarium

Lower taxons

Xanthium strumarium subsp. strumarium