EPPO Global Database

Tithonia diversifolia(TITDI)

Overview
Code created in: 1996-10-28

Basic information
  • EPPO Code: TITDI
  • Preferred name: Tithonia diversifolia
  • Authority: (Hemsley) A. Gray

Notes

Mexico, Central America. Cultivated as an ornamental. Introduced in Western Asia (Pakistan), Himalayas, India, Sri Lanka, Indochina (except Cambodia), Malesia (Malaya, Java, Philippines), China (including Taiwan), Africa (Nigeria to Ethiopia, to Angola and Mozambique), USA (Texas, Florida), Caribbean (Cuba, Hispaniola), Venezuela to Ecuador, New Guinea, Australia (Queensland, New South Wales)


Common names
Name
Language
Mexican bush-daisy English
shrub sunflower English
Mexican sunflower English (AU)
tree marigold English (US)
verschiedenblättrige Fackelblume German
falso-girassol Portuguese
mirasol Spanish
guasmara Spanish (HN)
jalacate Spanish (HN)