Edible: Leaves
A herb which keeps growing each year. It can grow each year from seeds. It can be 20 cm to 2.5 m. The stems are hairy. They are erect and stiff and brittle. They have a woody rootstock and often grows to 1 m tall. There are many branches. The leaves are produced one after the other on opposite sides of the stem. They are hairy on both surfaces. There are irregular teeth along the edge of the leaf. The flowers develop at the top of the plant. The fruit are brown and with ribs and about 1 mm long.
A tropical plant. In Papua New Guinea it occurs between 100 and 2,000 m altitude. It Java it grows to 1,500 m above sea level. In Sichuan and Yunnan.
Common Names: Kakronda, Malay blumea, Anra mang, Batu linchar, Bugi, Burando, Cai ma, Cai triu, Gangrima, Kakradna, Kayu batu, Khicha bhwatha, Kopile jhar, Kukuradru, Kukursunga, Kurkure, Lalangkapan, Lumai hutan, Mugongreng, Peau, Sembung lalaki
Synonyms:
Baccharis auriculata Wall. ex DC.;
Blumea bodinieri Vaniot;
Blumea cernua DC.;
Blumea cinerascens DC;
Blumea commersonii Edgew.;
Blumea cuneifolia DC.;
Blumea dregeana DC.;
Blumea elongata DC.;
Blumea fontinalis Edgew.;
Blumea glandulosa DC.;
Blumea heyneana DC.;
Blumea hieraciifolia Hook. f. & Thomson;
Blumea holosericea DC.;
Blumea hymenophylla DC.;
Blumea lacera var. (several);
Blumea musra DC.;
Blumea subcapitata DC;
Blumea thyrsoidea Sch.Bip.;
Blumea trigona DC.;
Blumea velutina H. Lev. & Vaniot;
Blumea villosa Sch.Bip. ex Hook. f.;
Conyza amoena Link;
Conyza dentata Blanco;
Conyza hamiltonii Steud.;
Conyza lacera Burm.f.;
Conyza lactucifolia (DC.);
Conyza natans Buch.-Ham. ex Hook.f.;
Conyza necessaria Buch.-Ham. ex DC.;
Conyza runcinata Wallich; ?
Conyza subcapitata Wallich; ?
Conyza thyrsoidea Pers.;
Conyza velutina (H. Lev. & Vaniot) H. Lev.;
Erigeron exstipulatus Dchumach. & Thonn.;
Senecio velutinus H. Lev. & Vaniot;