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Bidens pilosa

Bidens pilosa L.  [Unverified Identification]


Family Asteraceae
Local Name Beggar ticks; Puriket; Pisan-pisan
Habit Herb
Habitat Open grass lands
Special Notes Common weed, opposite toothed or incised 1 or 2 pinnate leaves
Ethnobotanical Uses FOOD: used as substitute for tea, used in fermentation of crude liquor;
Collected from Kibungan, Benguet, Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR).
Collector(s) Asiao, Austria, Guerzon, Lagmay

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