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    1) Billygoat Weed (Ageratum conyzoides) is a type of agricultural weed originating from tropical America that has spread widely throughout Indonesia. 2) It is an erect, branching annual herb that can reach 50-1500 mm tall, with shallow roots and stems that become woody with age. The leaves have a characteristic odor resembling a male goat. 3) Billygoat Weed is considered a nuisance plant found in dry rice fields, yards, roadsides and other areas, and can produce up to 40,000 seeds per plant, making it quite disturbing in plantations.

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    1) Billygoat Weed (Ageratum conyzoides) is a type of agricultural weed originating from tropical America that has spread widely throughout Indonesia. 2) It is an erect, branching annual herb that can reach 50-1500 mm tall, with shallow roots and stems that become woody with age. The leaves have a characteristic odor resembling a male goat. 3) Billygoat Weed is considered a nuisance plant found in dry rice fields, yards, roadsides and other areas, and can produce up to 40,000 seeds per plant, making it quite disturbing in plantations.

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    1) Billygoat Weed (Ageratum conyzoides) is a type of agricultural weed originating from tropical America that has spread widely throughout Indonesia. 2) It is an erect, branching annual herb that can reach 50-1500 mm tall, with shallow roots and stems that become woody with age. The leaves have a characteristic odor resembling a male goat. 3) Billygoat Weed is considered a nuisance plant found in dry rice fields, yards, roadsides and other areas, and can produce up to 40,000 seeds per plant, making it quite disturbing in plantations.

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    1) Billygoat Weed (Ageratum conyzoides) is a type of agricultural weed originating from tropical America that has spread widely throughout Indonesia. 2) It is an erect, branching annual herb that can reach 50-1500 mm tall, with shallow roots and stems that become woody with age. The leaves have a characteristic odor resembling a male goat. 3) Billygoat Weed is considered a nuisance plant found in dry rice fields, yards, roadsides and other areas, and can produce up to 40,000 seeds per plant, making it quite disturbing in plantations.

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    Name : Pasek Made Rian Suardinata

    No/class : 27/9a11

    Billygoat Weed

    Billygoat Weed or Bandotan (Ageratum


    conyzoides) is a type of agricultural weed
    belonging to the Asteraceae tribe. This
    seasonal herb originates from tropical
    America, especially Brazil, however, it has
    long been in and wild in the Indonesian
    Archipelago. Also known as Bandotan ,
    wedusan, rumput balam, as well as Billygoat-
    weed, Goatweed, Chick weed, or Whiteweed
    in English, this plant gets its name because
    the smell it gives off resembles that of a goat.

    This plant is widespread throughout


    the tropics, even to the subtropics. Imported to Java before 1860, now this weed has spread
    widely in Indonesia. In South America, this plant is even cultivated; according to historical
    records, Billygoat Weed was imported from Mexico.

    Billygoat Weed is an erect, branching, annual herb with shallow, fibrous roots. It may,
    depending upon environmental conditions, reach 50-1500 mm tall at flowering. The stems,
    which may root where the bases touch the ground, are cylindrical, and become strong and
    woody with age, nodes and young parts of the stem are covered with short, white hairs. Both
    leaf surfaces are sparsely hairy, rough with prominent veins and when crushed the leaves
    have a characteristic odor which is reminiscent of the male goat. The branched, terminal or
    axillary inflorescence bears 4-18 flower heads arranged in showy, flat-topped clusters. The
    bracts are 3-5 mm high, outer ones 0.5-1.75 mm wide, sparsely hairy, evenly toothed in the
    upper part, with an abruptly acuminate, acute tip. Flowers are 1.5-3 mm long and scarcely
    protrude above the bracts.

    Billygoat Weed is often found as a nuisance plant in dry rice fields, fields, yards,
    roadsides, embankments, water edges, and shrub areas. Found up to 3,000 m altitude, this
    herb flowers year-round and can produce up to 40,000 seeds per individual plant. Therefore,
    this weed is considered quite disturbing in plantations. Outside Indonesia, Billygoat Weed is
    also known as an annoying weed in Africa, Southeast Asia, Australia, and in America

    In Bogor, Billygoat Weed is widely known as a wound medicine. The trick is to


    pound Billygoat weed and mix it with cooking oil, and use it for external medicine only.
    According to Heyne, the leaves of this plant were crushed, mixed with lime, and applied to
    fresh wounds. A decoction of the leaves is also used to treat chest pain, while the leaf extract
    is used to treat hot eyes. The pounded root is rubbed on the body to cure fever; the extract is
    drinkable. The leaves can be used as eye drops, by pounding them; the collision water, can be
    dripped into the eyes to wash the eyes. This method is common in Ivory Coast. There too,
    Billygoat Weed is used for stomach aches, wound healing, and to heal broken bones.

    Substances contained in Billygoat Weed reported in 1987 are as follows: essential


    oils, alkaloids, and coumarins. However, this plant also has the power of poison. In the West,
    Billygoat Weed is also used as an insecticide and nematicide. Meanwhile, other studies have
    found that Billygoat Weed can cause liver injuries and grow tumors. This plant contains
    pyrrolizidine alkaloids.

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