Thursday, October 18, 2018

October Birth Flower - Amarillo or Marigold (Tagetes patula)

October Birth Flower
  Amarillo or Marigold (Tagetes patula) 
Dr Abe V Rotor

Amarillo is an erect, smooth, branched, rank-smelling herb.  It is similar to Ahito (Tagetes erecta) except that it is smaller, with finer leaves and smaller heads. 

Amarillo is cultivated for ornamental purposes in the Philippines. A native of Mexico, it is now widely distributed in cultivation. The flowers have digestive, diuretic and sedative properties.  Other properties include: nematicidal, larvicidal,  antibacterial, antifungal, and anti-inflammatory.  
Dried flowers are used for coloring foods and textiles.

Acknowledgement with gratitude:  Medicinal Plants of the Philippines by E Quisumbing; Useful Plants of the Philippines by WH Brown;  Internet ~

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