Wild Flowering Plants
Asteraceae family Epaltes brasiliensis de Candolle, Prodr. 5: 461-462. 1836. Kamami Indigenous rare herb of floodplain, Piaye River, Laborie and very wet roadside, Saltibus, Choiseul. Guadeloupe, Martinique, St. Lucia, Mesoamerica, South America. Also cultivated (Belle Vue, Vieux Fort) as a herbal medicine. Crushed leaves odiferous. Flexible stem bends when river floods. |