Pan India Bouquets

Eupatorium chinense L.

Family : Asteraceae
(Composite Or Aster Or Sunflower Family)
Family (Hindi name) : GENDA FAMILY (गेंदा फैमिली)
Family (as per The APG System III) : Asteraceae
Synonym(s) : Eupatorium album Thunb.; Eupatorium chinense var. oppositifolium (Koidz.) Murata & H.Koyama; Eupatorium clematideum (Wall. ex DC.) Sch.Bip.; Eupatorium fortunei var. glandulosum Honda; Eupatorium japonicum f. angustatum; Eupatorium japonicum var. dissectum; Eupatorium japonicum var. tripartitum; Eupatorium makinoi T.Kawahara & Yahara; Eupatorium makinoi var. oppositifolium (Koidz.) T.Kawahara & Yahara; Eupatorium melanadenium Hance; Eupatorium reevesii Wall.; Eupatorium sachalinense var. oppositifolia; Eupatorium sinense J.F.Gmel.; Eupatorium squamosum D.Don; Eupatorium tripartitum (Makino) Murata & H.Koyama; Eupatorium tripartitum f. angustatum (Makino) Murata & H.Koyama; Mikania clematidea Wall.
Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Eupatorium chinense L.
Habit : Perennial herb
Habitat : Forest margins on slopes, forests, thickets or grasslands on slopes; 200 - 1900 m. altitude
Comments / notes : Eupatorium chinense is poisonous, especially the leaves, but it is used medicinally to treat large carbuncles, scabies, snakebites, and to alleviate pain.
Flower, Fruit : June-November
Distribution :
- Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
Native : China, East Himalaya, Hainan, India, Japan, Korea, Nepal, Pakistan, Taiwan, Vietnam, West Himalaya
Exotic/Native : Native
World Distribution : Himalaya to Russian Far East and Temperate East Asia
Literature : Uniyal B.P., Sharma J.R., Choudhery U., Singh D.K. (2007). Flowering Plants of Uttarakhand: A Checklist. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh: 156
Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Navendu Page, Deepak Kumar (2020). Pan India Bouquets. http://flora-peninsula-indica.ces.iisc.ac.in/pan/plants.php?name=Eupatorium chinense. Downloaded on 24 March 2023.

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