Mexican ageratum

At a glance

Origin / distribution: Africa, Trinidad, C Africa, Malacca, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Cameroon, Ghana

Cultural traditions: not documented

Recorded uses: Abdomen, Abortifacient, Ague, Burn

Science studied: AGERATOCHROMENE, ASH, CADINENE, CARYOPHYLLENE-OXIDE

Research volume: 0 indexed records · volume only · methodology ↗

Legal status: Varies by jurisdiction; not assessed in this record.

Names and identity

Family: Asteraceae

Scientific name: Ageratum conyzoides

Common names: Mexican ageratum, 'Mwana be, Mwana be ntiti, Ageratum, Billy goat weed, Blue ageratum, Blue flowered groundsel, Blue top, Goat weed, Mother brinkly, Tropic ateratum, Tropical whiteweed, White weed, Winter weed, Agérate faux conyze, Agérate faux-conyze, Agérate faux-conyze, Herbe à bouc, Babandotan, Baume mauve, Baume, Baume mauve, Be mahimbo Keli, Billy-Goat Weed, Billygoat-weed, Chick weed, Goatweed, Whiteweed, Blue Weed, Bouton, Celastina, Celestina azul, Celestina blanca, Chamiza, Chiba

POWO: 7086-2 · WCVP June 2026 / POWO backbone

History

The source record documents this plant in Africa, Trinidad, Elsewhere, C Africa, Malacca, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Cameroon and 13 additional places.

It records these historical or traditional applications:

• Abdomen
• Abortifacient
• Ague
• Burn
• Colic
• Collyrium
• Contraceptive
• Cough

This summary is limited to the cited source record.

Origins and distribution

• Africa
• Trinidad
• Elsewhere
• C Africa
• Malacca
• Nigeria
• Sierra Leone
• Cameroon
• Ghana
• Java
• Togo
• Tonga

Documented cultural uses

• Abdomen
• Abortifacient
• Ague
• Burn
• Colic
• Collyrium
• Contraceptive
• Cough
• Craw-Craw
• Cystitis
• Decoagulant
• Depurative

Cultural record detail

These entries are transcribed from the cited ethnobotanical source; they do not represent current advice or a claim of efficacy.

• Abdomen · Africa · "
• Abortifacient · Trinidad · "
• Ague · Elsewhere · "
• Burn · C Africa · "
• Colic · Africa · "
• Collyrium · Africa · "
• Contraceptive · Malacca · "
• Cough · Trinidad · "
• Craw-Craw · Nigeria · "
• Craw-Craw · Sierra Leone · "
• Cystitis · Trinidad · "
• Decoagulant · Trinidad · "
• Depurative · Trinidad · "
• Diabetes · Trinidad · "
• Dyspepsia · Africa · "
• Emetic · Cameroon · "
• Emetic · Sierra Leone · "
• Expectorant · Elsewhere · "
• Eye · Ghana · "
• Fever · Java · "
• Fever · Nigeria · "
• Fever · Togo · "
• Flu · Trinidad · "
• Hemostat · Elsewhere · "

27 additional documented entries remain in the source record.

Contemporary uses

Contemporary practice is not documented separately in this record.

Scientific research

Indexed records indicate research activity; they do not establish efficacy or safety.

Indexed research records

• Uterine relaxant effects of Ageratum conyzoides essential oil: influence of hormonal status and calcium modulation. · 2026 source ↗
• Seasonal and circadian dynamics of Ageratum conyzoides essential oil and its application in tick control. · 2026 source ↗
• Multi-omics analysis of the rhizosphere effects and molecular mechanisms of Ageratum conyzoides linn. at different stages of Cd, Pb, and Zn co-stress. · 2026 source ↗

Scientific compounds

Chemical presence is not evidence of clinical efficacy.

• AGERATOCHROMENE
• ASH
• CADINENE
• CARYOPHYLLENE-OXIDE
• CONYZORIGIN
• COUMARIN
• ALPHA-CUBEBENE
• 6-DEMETOXYAGERATOCHROMENE
• 6,7-DIMETHOXY-2,2-DIMETHYLCHROMENE
• DOTRIACONTENE
• ENDO-BORNEOL
• ENDO-BORNYL-ACETATE
• EO
• ETHYL-VANILLIN
• BETA-FARNESENE
• FARNESOL

Legality

No exact international trade listing was returned by the CITES checklist for this accepted name. Country-specific law is not assessed here.

Consult the CITES species checklist for current international and national requirements.

Reference images

Sources

Plants of the World Online (POWO) · Kew data terms; cite POWO/WCVP

World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP) · CC BY 3.0

CC0 · Dr. Duke raw CSV archive

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