Nodeweed
Constituents
Synedrella nodiflora is a common shrub in the Asteraceae family.
It's also known as nodeweed or Cinderella weed.
This annual herb is found in humid, shaded, and nutrient-rich soils.
It's common around small rivers and streams, along roadsides, and under shady trees.
Synedrella nodiflora has:
- A life cycle of 120 to 150 days
- Cylindrical stems that are up to 1.5 meters high
- Dark red or green color and white hair
- Repeatedly forked branches
- Fruits about 4 mm long with hairy spines
Synedrella nodiflora is used in traditional medicine to treat:
Epilepsy, Pain, Liver disease, Asthma, Rheumatism, Earache.
In Ghana, traditional medicine practitioners boil the whole plant to make an aqueous extract.