Plants
Tagetes erecta
About Plant
| Plant ID | PLN002 | ||
| Plant Name | Tagetes erecta | ||
| Common Name | Marigold | ||
| Vernacular Name | Caltha, Ganda, Gols bloom, Garden Marigold, Gold bloom, Holligold, Marybud, Pot Marigold | ||
| Plant Description | It is a plant that can be herbaceous and either annual or perennial, reaching a height between 30 to 110 cm. The root is cylindrical, pivot-like, and has a fibrous, shallow branching system. The stem is striated, occasionally ridged, and can be smooth or slightly villous. It is cylindrical, oval, herbaceous to slightly woody, and features aromatic resin channels in the bark when squeezed. Leaves are arranged oppositely at the base and alternate towards the top, reaching up to 20 cm in length. They are pinnate, consisting of 11 to 17 lanceolate to linear-lanceolate leaflets, measuring up to 5 cm in length and 1.5 cm in width. The leaflets are acute to acuminate, serrated to sub-holders, with the lower ones often thread-like, and the upper ones occasionally entirely setiform. Abundant round glands are present | ||
Plant Classification
| Kingdom | Plantae | |
| Phylum | Streptophyta | |
| Class | Magnolipsida | |
| Order | Asterales | |
| Family | Asteraceae | |
| Genus | Tagetes | |
| Species | erecta | |
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| Distribution | While originating from Mexico, these plants can be spotted in Central American and Caribbean nations such as Belize, Bolivia, Colombia, etc. Additionally, as a cultivated species, they have been introduced to regions including China, India, Zambia, Zimbabwe, South Africa, and Australia. | |
| Use | Herb - Antirheumatic, in cold, bronchitis; root - laxative; flower - depurative, febrifuge, astringent, carminative, in diseases of eyes, bleeding piles, unhealthy ulcers, fits, scabies, belching, liver complaints, teeth troubles; leaf - vermifuge, diuretic, in kidney troubles, muscular pain, earache ophthalmia, applied to boils, carbuncles. | |
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Reference
Akhtar, H., Virmani, O. P., Popli, S. P., Misra, L. N., Gupta, M. M., Srinivastava, G. N., … Singh, A. K. (1992). Dictionary of Indian medicinal plants. Luknow, India: Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants.
https://cir.nii.ac.jp/crid/1130000795422355200
Journal
Singh Y, Gupta A, Kannojia P (2020). Tagetes erecta(Marigold) - A review on its phytochemical andmedicinal properties. Current Medical and DrugResearch, 4 (1), Article ID 201.
(2) (PDF) Tagetes erecta (Marigold) -A review on its phytochemical and medicinal properties. Available from: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/339628097_Tagetes_erecta_Marigold_-A_review_on_its_phytochemical_and_medicinal_properties [accessed Feb 06 2024].
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/339628097_Tagetes_erecta_Marigold_-A_review_on_its_phytochemical_and_medicinal_properties