Mexican Tea
Chenopodium ambrosioides
Also known as American Wormseed, Sweet Pig Weed
- Habit
- Herb
- Found in India
- Maharashtra, Gujarat, Rajasthan & more
- Flowering
- Throughout the year
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Chenopodium ambrosioides
- Genus
- Chenopodium
- Family
- Chenopodiaceae
- Habit
- Herb
- Habitat
- Degraded forests and wasteland
- Native to
- Tropical America
- Distribution
- Widely introduced in Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia
- Found in India
- Maharashtra, Gujarat, Rajasthan, Telangana, Tamil Nadu, Kerala
- Flowering & fruiting
- Throughout the year
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Arrangement
- Variable
- Margin
- Variable
- Venation
- Variable
Typical of the Chenopodiaceae family — a field-mark hint, not measured for this exact species.
Flower & fruit characters
Typical of the Chenopodiaceae family — flowering plants only; individual species can differ.
Local Names
- Sinhala
- තම්පලා කුලය
About Mexican Tea
Mexican Tea (Chenopodium ambrosioides) is a herb belonging to the Chenopodiaceae family (Goosefoot Family). It is typically found in degraded forests and wasteland. Native to Tropical America, it is distributed across Widely introduced in Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia. It flowers and fruits through much of the year. The species is valued in traditional medicine.
Chenopodiaceae
Goosefoot Family
Mexican Tea belongs to the Chenopodiaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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