Bidens Pilosa Local Name
The species is hermaphrodite has both male and female organs and is pollinated by bees hover flies.
Bidens pilosa local name. It is recorded as a weed in cultivated. The plant is gathered from the wild for local use as a food and medicine. Light sandy medium loamy and heavy clay soils. The name pilosa means hairy.
Its leaves and flowers are used as vegetables or herbs. Avoid using during pregnancy and breastfeeding. The entire plant is medicinally active including the roots. Great tasting tea can be made from its flowers.
Alba is white and pilosa means hairy or the feeling of hairiness. Fresh bidens pilosa certified organic non gmo cane alcohol and pure adirondack water. Like many indigenous african vegetables black jack has an impressive nutritional profile that comes with a very wide variety of benefits. Percentage of alcohol used.
65 75 ratio plant to menstruum. Bidens pilosa is an annual plant producing an erect much branched stem up to 100cm tall though the plant can often flower seed and then die when much smaller. The common names include beggar ticks bur marigolds stickseeds spanish needles tickseeds tickseed sunflowers and pitchfork weed. Bidens pilosa preferred common name.
This is because its seed has two prongs on it that sometimes four stick to almost anything. Beggarticks is an annual tropical aromatic and medicinal plant that is widespread in many regions of the world. Fresh leaf and flower wildcrafted ingredients. Blackjack gewone knapsekêrel umhlabangubo uqadolo mushiji mokolonyane and muchize origin and distribution blackjack originated from south america and is common in all tropical and subtropical areas of the world.
Demon spike grass or ghost needle weed in taiwan bidens species are called ham hong chho. Bidens pilosa part used. It is in flower from may to october. It cannot grow in the shade.
In folk medicine it has several areas of application. And in fact bidens means two toothed. In china the many species and varieties of bidens are often lumped under the names xian feng cao abundant weed or gui zhen cao demon spike grass ghost needle weed cao but each species see similarly used species above will sometimes have a different chinese common name. Black jack vegetable is known botanically as bidens pilosa and in south africa local names include muxiji and gewone knapseherel.