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Floristic Inventory of the Bahama Archipelago Database Online

Chromolaena odorata (L.) R.M. King & H. Rob.
Bitter-bush, Bushy tropical thoroughwort, Tonka-bean

Chromolaena odorata
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Family: Asteraceae

Group: Dicot

Perennation: Perennial

Habit: Shrub

Substrate: Terrestrial

Native Status: Native

Preliminary IRC Status: Secure

Native Range: The West Indies, southeastern United States (southern Florida, southern Texas), Mexico, Central America and South America; naturalized in the Old World.

Map of Locations [currently Florida only]

Comments: For information and images from Eleuthera, visit the Leon Levy Native Plant Preserve website.

Synonyms: Eupatorium odoratum.

Other data on Chromolaena odorata available from :

Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants
Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants
Chromolaena odorata has been reported for the following 2 habitats in the Bahama Archipelago :
Coppice
Pineland

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Chromolaena odorata
Copyright by: Roger L. Hammer
Chromolaena odorata
Copyright by: Keith A. Bradley
Chromolaena odorata
Copyright by: Keith A. Bradley