Distribution in Egypt
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Nile region (Khanka, Belbeis).
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Native to south America, naturalized in most of the warmer parts of the world, now spreading in the east Mediterranean region.
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Habitat
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Waste ground, roadsides, lawns.
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Comments
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Tagetes minuta is widely cultivated for use as a condiment and has become widely established or persists after plantings.
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Description
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Annuals, 30–100(–180+) cm. Leaf blades 80–150+ mm overall, lobes or leaflets 9–17+, narrowly lanceolate to lance-linear, 12–25(–50+) × (2–)4–7+ mm. Heads in ± corymbiform clusters. Peduncles 1–5+ mm. Involucres 7–10+ × 1.5–3 mm. Ray florets 1–3; laminae yellow, ± ovate to elliptic, 1–2 mm. Disc florets 3–5; corollas 3–4 mm. Cypselae (4.5–)6–7+ mm; pappi of 1–2 ± subulate scales 2–3+ mm plus 3–5 distinct, ovate to lanceolate scales 0.5–1 mm. 2n = 48.
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Distribution
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A naturalised weed of S. American origin.
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Elevation Range
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2400 m
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Derivation of specific name
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minuta: very small, referring to the tiny ray florets
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- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Tagetes minuta L. Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=160780
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Description
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Strongly scented erect annual, which may grow up to 2 m but usually smaller. Leaves imparipinnate; leaflets linear to narrowly lanceolate, glabrous with sunken oil glands; margins serrate. Inflorescences terminal with numerous tube-like capitula, consisting of a few pale yellow florets.
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Frequency
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Common
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Insects whose larvae eat this plant species
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Rhodogastria amasis (Tri-coloured tiger)
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Worldwide distribution
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Native of South America, now widely naturalised.
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Comprehensive Description
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Tagetes minuta L. Sp. PI. 887. 1753
Tageles bonariensis Pers. Syn. PI. 2: 459. 1807.
Tagetes glandulifera Schrank, Hort. Monac. pi. 54. 1819.
Tageles glandulosa Schrank; Link, Enuni. 2: 339. 1822.
Tageles monlana DC. Prodr. 5: 644, as synonym. 1836.
A glabrous, branched, very leafy annual; stem 3-10 dm. high, with erect branches, striate; leaves mostly alternate, 5-15 cm. long, pinnate; leaflets 11-17, the upper decurrent, linearlanceolate, sharply serrate, 2-6 cm. long; glands in a single row on each side, at the base of the teeth, and in the larger leaflets some additional scattered glands; heads numerous in congested cymes, subsessile or short-peduncled; peduncles less than 1 cm. long; involucre about 1 cm. long, 2.5-3 mm. broad; bracts 5, with rounded free lobes, and with two lateral rows of about 4 linear glands each and a single gland in the free portion; ray-flowers usually 3; ligules suborbicular, 1 mm. long; disk-flowers 4-5; corollas 4 mm. long, somewhat viscid-hirsute; tube much shorter than the trumpet-shaped throat; achenes 5-6 mm. long, strigulose; 1 or 2 of the squamellae subulate, 2 mm. long, the other 3 or 4 less than 0.5 mm. long.
Type locality: Chile.
Distribution: Peru and Brazil to Argentina and Chile; adventive in North Carolina.
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- Per Axel Rydberg. 1915. (CARDUALES); CARDUACEAE; HELENIEAE, TAGETEAE. North American flora. vol 34(2). New York Botanical Garden, New York, NY
Tagetes minuta
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Tagetes minuta is a tall upright marigold plant from the genus Tagetes, with small flowers, native to the southern half of South America.[2] Since Spanish colonization, it has been introduced around the world, and has become naturalized in Europe, Asia, Australasia, North America, and Africa.[2] Tagetes minuta has numerous local names that vary by region. In the Andes it is known as Huacatay or Wacatay, and in other regions it is common as chinchilla, chiquilla, chilca, zuico, suico, or anisillo.[3] Other names include muster John Henry,[4] southern marigold,[5] khakibos, stinking roger,[6] wild marigold,[2] and black mint.
It is used as a culinary herb in Peru, Ecuador, and parts of Chile and Bolivia. It is called by the Quechua terms huacatay in Peru[7] or wakataya in Bolivia.[8] It is commonly sold in Latin grocery stores in a bottled, paste format as black mint paste.
Description
This species of marigold may grow to become from 0.6–2 meters tall.[3]
Uses
Tagetes minuta has been eaten in various forms since pre-Columbian times.[3] Dried leaves may be used as a seasoning and huacatay paste is used to make the popular Peruvian potato dish called ocopa. An herbal tea can be brewed from the leaves. An extraction of the plant, "Marigold oil", is used in the perfume, tobacco, and soft drink industry.[3]
In addition to food, the plant can be used to produce dye,[9] and as a green manure crop for biomass and a bio-fumigant for control of selected species of nematodes.
Toxicity
The oils contained in the oil glands that are found throughout the above ground portions of the plant may cause irritation to the skin and in some cases are said to cause photodermatitis.[3]
Gallery
Kawunyira at Entebbe, Uganda
Peruvian black mint seedling
References
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^ "The Plant List".
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^ a b c "Tagetes minuta". Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN). Agricultural Research Service (ARS), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 1 January 2018.
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^ a b c d e Soule, J.A. 1993. Tagetes minuta: A potential new herb from South America. p. 649-654. In: J. Janick and J.E. Simon (eds.), New crops. Wiley, New York.
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^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Tagetes". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 7 December 2015.
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^ BSBI List 2007 (xls). Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original (xls) on 2015-06-26. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
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^ California Dept. of Food and Agriculture data sheet: Tagetes minuta
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^ Diccionario Quechua - Español - Quechua, Academía Mayor de la Lengua Quechua, Gobierno Regional Cusco, Cusco 2005 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
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^ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
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^ Too, Titus (February 1, 2012). "Varsity breaks ground with dye made from weed". The Standard. Retrieved 18 August 2012.
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Tagetes minuta: Brief Summary
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Tagetes minuta is a tall upright marigold plant from the genus Tagetes, with small flowers, native to the southern half of South America. Since Spanish colonization, it has been introduced around the world, and has become naturalized in Europe, Asia, Australasia, North America, and Africa. Tagetes minuta has numerous local names that vary by region. In the Andes it is known as Huacatay or Wacatay, and in other regions it is common as chinchilla, chiquilla, chilca, zuico, suico, or anisillo. Other names include muster John Henry, southern marigold, khakibos, stinking roger, wild marigold, and black mint.
It is used as a culinary herb in Peru, Ecuador, and parts of Chile and Bolivia. It is called by the Quechua terms huacatay in Peru or wakataya in Bolivia. It is commonly sold in Latin grocery stores in a bottled, paste format as black mint paste.
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![Kawunyira[clarification needed] at Entebbe, Uganda](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Tagetes_minuta_at_Entebbe.jpg)
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