Tagetes
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Botanical Name |
Tagetes minuta |
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Family |
Asteraceae (Compositae) |
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Other Names |
Marigold, Mexican marigold, taget, tagette, T. glandulifera, |
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Description |
Annual herb up to 30cm/1ft tall with bright orange daisy like flowers |
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Native to |
South America |
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Actions |
Anthelmintic, antispasmodic, bactericidal, carminative, diaphoretic, emmenagogue, fungicidal, stomachic |
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Extraction |
Steam distillation of flowering herb |
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Constituents |
Tagetones, ocimene, myrcene, linalol, limonene, pinenes, carvone, citral, camphene, valeric acid, salicyladehyde |
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Caution |
Use with extreme caution |