Han Lian Cao

Eclipta prostrata

Growth conditions
USDA Hardiness zone	10-12 Learn more
Light requirement	Partial sun/shade
Water requirement	Moist, Wet
Soil type	Light (sandy), Medium, Heavy (clay)
Physical characteristics
Height	0.6
Cultivation details
Life cycle	Annual
Uses
Utility	Dye, Essential Oil, Hair
Edible	true
Edible parts	Leaves, Shoots
Warning	Weed potential
Names
Alternate name	False daisy, aali jhar, bhagra, bhangrii, bhringraj, ekaraja, goman, grobidia, huangjiu, ink plant, kaiyunni, kameng, karisalankanni, keharaj, kesut, kpawu, nhanvua, ntum, tandala, urang-aring, white twin-heads, agrião, agrião-do-brejo, antacha, antali, bhangara, bhangarail, bhangaraiya, bhangariya, bhangaro, bhangeri, bhangra, bhangro, bheemraja, bhiringe, bhiriyo, bhri-ga, bhringaraj, bhringaraja, bhringiraj, bhringiraja, bhrngaraja, bh??ga, bh??gaja, bh??garaja (whole plant), chari jbar, daisy, false, dye-weed, dyer's weed, eclipta, eclipta prostrata whole plant, eclipta white, ecliptae herba, erva-de-botão, false daisy, garajalu, garujalu, gharauriya, guntagalagara, guntakalagara, gurugada, gurugada soppu, hanryeoncho, herba ecliptae, hierba de tajo, kal jira, karisalai, karisalamkanni, karisalanganni, kayyonni, kesari, keshavardhana, kesuriya, kesaraja, knnunni, kodigaraju, li chang, lug-chhung, maka, mo han lian, mohanlian, mòhànlián, markava, naparo cimarron, nash jhar, nhangra, perpétua-do-mato, soppu, suweid, takasaburoo, tekaraja, vitknapp, white eclipta, white twinheads, yerba de tajo, yerbadetajo herb, éclipte blanche
Taxonomy
Family	Asteraceae or compositae
Origin and spread
Native to	Alabama, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Arizona, Arkansas, Bahamas, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, California, Chile Central, Chile North, Chile South, Colombia, Connecticut, Costa Rica, Cuba, Delaware, District of Columbia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Florida, French Guiana, Georgia, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Nicaragua, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Panamá, Paraguay, Pennsylvania, Peru, Puerto Rico, Rhode I., South Carolina, South Dakota, Suriname, Tennessee, Texas, Trinidad-Tobago, Uruguay, Venezuela, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin
Introduced into	Afghanistan, Albania, Andaman Is., Angola, Aruba, Assam, Bangladesh, Benin, Borneo, Botswana, Bulgaria, Burkina, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canary Is., Cape Provinces, Cape Verde, Caprivi Strip, Caroline Is., Cayman Is., Central African Repu, Chad, Chagos Archipelago, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Christmas I., Comoros, Congo, Cook Is., Czechoslovakia, Djibouti, East Aegean Is., East Himalaya, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Fiji, France, Free State, Gabon, Galápagos, Greece, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Gulf States, Hainan, Hawaii, India, Inner Mongolia, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Ivory Coast, Japan, Jawa, Korea, Kuwait, KwaZulu-Natal, Laccadive Is., Laos, Lebanon-Syria, Leeward Is., Lesotho, Madagascar, Madeira, Malawi, Malaya, Maldives, Mali, Manchuria, Marianas, Marquesas, Marshall Is., Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, Netherlands Antilles, New Caledonia, New South Wales, Nicobar Is., Nigeria, Niue, North Caucasus, Northern Provinces, Northern Territory, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Philippines, Portugal, Primorye, Qinghai, Queensland, Rodrigues, Romania, Rwanda, Réunion, Sardegna, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sicilia, Sinai, Society Is., Socotra, South Australia, South China Sea, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sumatera, Swaziland, Taiwan, Tasmania, Thailand, Tibet, Togo, Transcaucasus, Tuamotu, Tubuai Is., Turkey, Tuvalu, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Venezuelan Antilles, Victoria, Vietnam, West Himalaya, Western Australia, Windward Is., Xinjiang, Yemen, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe
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Created: 2020-11-13 19:04:54 UTC
Last updated: 2025-05-28 20:42:30 UTC by andrew-haupt

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Han Lian Cao

Eclipta prostrata

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