| BRIEF DESCRIPTION An erect, or at base prostate herb, 10-150 cm tall, often branched from the very base, usually purplish-green, and deeply rooting. USES The young, non-flowering parts are eaten raw or steamed like vegetables as a side dish with rice. The older leaves or plants are cooked. It is a slightly bitter-tasting green and has many medicinal properties. GROWING PERIOD Annual. COMMON NAMES Emilia, Cupid's shaving bush, Sow thistle, Emilie, Patah kemudi, Kemendilan, Jonge, Ketumbit jantan, Setumbak merah, Tagulinau, Lamlampaka, Pisowa-pisowa, Smau reang tuk, Hangplachon, Phakdaeng, Phakbang. FURTHER INF Scientific synonym: Cacalia sonchifolia, Senecio sonchifolius. Emilia has a pantropical distribution, it is a very coomon weed of field crops but is is not considered very noxious or harmful. It occurs at elevations between sea level and 3000 m. Emilia is often found growing along rice fields, in rubber and tea plantations and teak forests and its climatic requirements have been estimated from these species. (pH estimated by the compiler). |
