Wild Flowering Plants
| Asteraceae family Pectis elongata Kunth var. floribunda (A. Richard) D. J. Keil, Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 62(4): 1229. 1976. Bas.: Pectis floribunda A. Richard (1850). Sitonnèl Indigenous quite rare herb of coastal savanna and grasslands, and open wasteland at lower elevations. Guadeloupe, Dominica, Martinique, St. Lucia, Greater Antilles, Mesoamerica. Strong lemony scent. Burnt as a mosquito repellent. Local medicinal uses See also Cympogon citratus which has the same local name. |
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