Family | Asteraceae |
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Local Name | Puriket (Tuba-Nabalaoi); Purpuriket; Burburtak (Ilokano); Angguad |
Habit | Herb |
Habitat | Sun-exposed places, Terrestrial |
Special Notes | The fruit easily cling to clothing, the stem is somewhat four-angled, flowering heads about 8 mm across |
Ethnobotanical Uses | MEDICINAL: used to ease painful urination, to cure diarrhea in children, to ease gastric pains and gastroenteritis; |
Collected from | Strawberry Farms, Betag, La Trinidad, Benguet, Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR). |
Collector(s) | Alfie Atos Domansi |
Identification Verified By | Maria Karina Fullante-(n/a)-(Bidens pilosa L. var pilosa)-(GCI);Teodora D. Balangcod-(n/a)-(Bidens pilosa (GCI))-(Taxonomic Books) |