duck vegetables

Local name Phak Hom (Northern Region)/ Phak Phak Phrom Mi (Central Region)

Common name: Joy weed

Scientific name Alternanthera bettzickiana (Regel) G.Nicholson

Synonym

Achyranthes bettzickiana (Regel) Standl.

Achyranthes picta Passarge

Telanthera picta (Passarge) C. Koch

Family name AMARANTHACEAE

Plant group

flowering plants

Botanical characteristics

Herbaceous plant, several years old, 20-50 cm tall, with erect or creeping stems. Many branches Young branches are square. Older branches are cylindrical in shape. There are hairs at the tip of the shoot and along the joints.

Leaves, petioles, size 1-4 mm, slightly pubescent, leaf blades green or red. Or specks of red or yellow. Leaves are oblong, oval, parallelogram, or spoon-shaped, 0.5-2.0 cm wide, 1-6 cm long. Young leaves have hairs, and the leaf base is slender and pointed. The tip of the leaf is pointed or obtuse. The edge of the leaf is wavy.

Flowers: Flowers come in tight clusters in leaf axils and at the ends of branches. There are no flower stalks, bracts and bracts. Oval, lanceolate The tip is slender and pointed, size 1.5-3.0 mm., the surface is smooth or has long hairs. The petals are white, oval-oblong, with 5 stamens.

Ecological conditions

outdoor

ecological conditions

Found in open, sunny areas at an altitude of 2,000 m above mean sea level.

Place of origin

South America

Distribution

Southeast Asia

Planting and propagation

Propagated using seeds.

Flowering period

August-September

Utilization type

herbs, ornamental plants

garden decoration Planted to decorate the edge of the plot

Origin : https://www.royalparkrajapruek.org/Plants