Carpesium abrotanoides
| Carpesium abrotanoides | |
| Light: |   |
| Moisture: |  |
| Soil pH: | 5.6-8.4 |
| Height: | 3' |
| Blooms: | Early Fall-Late Fall |
| Open Woods Forest | |
| Native to: | |
| Edible Rating: |  |
| Medicinal Rating: |  |
| Tea: | Yes |
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Carpesium abrotanoides
Propagation: Seed - sow spring in a cold frame. Only just cover the seed and do not allow the compost to dry out. When they are large enough to handle, prick the seedlings out into individual pots and grow them on in a cold frame for at least their first winter. Plant them out into their permanent positions in late spring or early summer, after the last expected frosts.
Division in spring.
Cultivation: We have very little information on this species and do not know if it will be hardy in Britain, though judging by its native range it should succeed outdoors in many parts of this country. See the plants native habitat for ideas on its cultivation needs.
Range: S. Europe to E. Asia - China, Japan, Korea, Himalayas.
Habitat: Woods all over Japan[1]. Waste places and grassy fields in lowlands, also along forest edges[2].
Edibility: Leaves - cooked[3]. A sweet flavour, though they smell of foxes[4].
Medicinal: The whole plant is alterative, antiscorbutic, astringent, depurative discutient, emetic, expectorant, febrifuge, laxative and vulnerary[5][6][7]. A decoction is used in the treatment of bronchitis, tonsillitis, boils and ulcers and snakebites[5].
The stem juice is used to treat insect bites[7]. This juice is also a very effective remedy for sore throat[7].
A decoction of the fruit is vermifuge[7].
The seed is antiphlogistic, diuretic, laxative, pectoral and vermifuge[7][8]. The seeds are used to expel round worms, tapeworms and pin worms[5]. A 20% concentrate of seed decoction cured 69% of children with worms and effected an improvement in another 19%[7].
The root is diuretic and vermifuge[8].
Usage: The seed has insecticidal properties[6]. Another report says that the plant might have insecticidal properties[7].
Pollinators: Insects
Soil: Can grow in light, medium, and heavy soils.
Seed Ripens: Mid Fall-Late Fall
Flower Type: Hermaphrodite
Also Known As: C. thunbergianum. Sieb.&Zucc.
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References
- ↑ Ohwi, Jisaburo. Flora of Japan. Smithsonian Institution, 1965.
- ↑ Flora of Japan.
- ↑ Kunkel, Günther. Plants for Human Consumption. Koeltz Scientific Books, 1984.
- ↑ Read, Bernard. Famine Foods Listed in the Chiu Huang Pen Ts'ao. Taipei Southern Materials Centre, 1977.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Revolutionary Health Committee of Hunan Province. A Barefoot Doctors Manual. Running Press.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Stuart, George. Chinese Materia Medica. Taipei Southern Materials Centre.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 7.6 Duke, James and Edward Ayensu. Medicinal Plants of China. Reference Publications, 1985.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Chopra, R. Glossary of Indian Medicinal Plants. Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, New Delhi, 1986.