Chromolaena odorata

Chromolaena odorata
Conservation status
	; Secure (NatureServe)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Genus:	Chromolaena
Species:	C. odorata
Binomial name
	Chromolaena odorata; (L.) R.M.King & H.Rob.
Synonyms
	Synonymy Chrysocoma maculata Vell. ; Chrysocoma maculata Vell. Conc. ; Chrysocoma volubilis Vell. Conc. ; Eupatorium brachiatum Sw. ex Wikstr. ; Eupatorium clematitis DC. ; Eupatorium conyzoides Mill. ; Eupatorium dichotomum Sch.Bip. ; Eupatorium divergens Less. ; Eupatorium floribundum Kunth ; Eupatorium graciliflorum DC. ; Eupatorium klattii Millsp. ; Eupatorium odoratum L. ; Eupatorium sabeanum Buckley ; Eupatorium stigmatosum Meyen & Walp. ; Osmia atriplicifolia (Vahl) Sch.Bip. ; Osmia clematitis (DC.) Sch.Bip. ; Osmia divergens (Less.) Sch.Bip. ; Osmia floribunda (Kunth) Sch.Bip. ; Osmia graciliflora (DC.) Sch.Bip. ; Osmia graciliflorum (DC.) Sch.Bip. ; Osmia odorata (L.) Sch.Bip. ;

Chromolaena odorata is a tropical and subtropical species of flowering shrub in the family Asteraceae. It is native to the Americas, from Florida and Texas in the United States south through Mexico and the Caribbean to South America. It has been introduced to tropical Asia, West Africa, and parts of Australia.

Common names include Siam weed, rouge plant, Christmas bush, jack in the box, devil weed, common floss flower, hagunoy (Cebuano language), rompe saragüey (Spanish), Abani di egwu or Nsiibilibe (Igbo language), ewé Akíntọ́lá (Yorùbá) and triffid.

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