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Tagetes (khaki weed)
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Asteraceae |
Genus and specie |
Tagetes minuta |
Muster-John-Henry, Khaki weed (kakiebos) and stinking Roger.
This very strong and sharp smelling herb is a tall annual with pale yellow flowers, and although the genus is known as marigold, is must not be confused with Pot Marigold, as pot marigold is calendula officinalis.
The whole plant and oil is used.
An wild smelling herb that is aromatic, antispasmodic, diuretic and purgative and also has digestive, vermifuge and very strong insecticide properties.
The herb is grown with cultivated crops to deter insects, (specifically eel worms that react well to the thiophenes contained in the roots of the tagetes plant) slugs and other pests, as well as weeds.
The plants are dried and added to bedding and strewn in houses to deter insects and bedbugs, or also dried and hung to deter flying insects.
Do not use tagetes essential oil in pregnancy. It may cause sensitivity as well as phototoxicity.
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