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Pectis elongata (tropical chinchweed)

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Wikipedia Abstract

Pectis elongata (tropical cinchweed) is a summer blooming annual plant of the genus Pectis, found in the West Indies as well as in South and Central America. Tropical cinchweed is burned as a mosquito repellent.
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Attributes

Lifespan [1]  Annual/Perennial
Structure [1]  Shrub

External References

USDA Plant Profile

Citations

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♦ 1USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0