Blumea viscosa
(Mill.) V. M. Badillo
Sticky blumea
AsteraceaeLeaves
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Leaves
Leaves - cooked. Harvested from wetlands when the water levels drop. It is used mainly by pregnant women.
Where to Find It
It is a tropical plant. It grows in wet grassland savannah.
Africa, Asia, Benin, East Africa, Guinea, Guinée, Guinea-Bissau, India, Southern Africa, West Africa, Zimbabwe,
Countries: United Arab Emirates, Afghanistan, Armenia, Angola, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Burkina Faso, Bahrain, Burundi, Benin, Brunei, Bhutan, Botswana, Congo (DRC), Central African Republic, Congo (Republic), Cote d'Ivoire, Cameroon, China, Cape Verde, Djibouti, Algeria, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Georgia, Ghana, Gambia, Guinea, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Indonesia, Israel, India, Iraq, Iran, Jordan, Japan, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Cambodia, Comoros, North Korea, South Korea, Kuwait, Kazakhstan, Laos, Lebanon, Sri Lanka, Liberia, Lesotho, Libya, Morocco, Madagascar, Mali, Myanmar, Mongolia, Mauritania, Mauritius, Maldives, Malawi, Malaysia, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Nepal, Oman, Philippines, Pakistan, Qatar, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Seychelles, Sudan, Singapore, Sierra Leone, Senegal, Somalia, South Sudan, Sao Tome & Principe, Syria, Eswatini, Chad, Togo, Thailand, Tajikistan, Timor-Leste, Turkmenistan, Tunisia, Turkey, Taiwan, Tanzania, Uganda, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Yemen, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe
How to Identify
An erect herb. It keeps growing from year to year. It grows 25-50 cm tall. It has a smell of turpentine. The leaves are oval and 2-12 cm long by 1-5 cm wide. They have wedge shaped lobes. The flower heads are 7-9 mm across. The seed pods are small and dark red-brown.
Medicinal Uses
The leaves are diuretic.
Names & Synonyms
Ompempene, Umpempene
Blumea aurita (L. f.) DC.Bumea bojeri BakerBlumea glutinosa DC.Blumea lyrata (Kunth) V. M. BadilloBlumea pappii Gand.Blumea senegalensis DC.
Conyza aurita Heyne ex L.f.Conyza chiapensis BrandegeeConyza viscosa Mill.and others
References (3)
- Achigan-Dako, E, et al (Eds), 2009, Catalogue of Traditional Vegetables in Benin. International Foundation for Science. (As Blumea aurita)
- Glover et al, 1969,
- Peters, C. R., O'Brien, E. M., and Drummond, R.B., 1992, Edible Wild plants of Sub-saharan Africa. Kew. p 89
