Bidens Pilosa Leaves- 250g

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Bidens pilosa is an annual plant producing an erect, much-branched stem up to 100cm tall, though the plant can often flower, seed and then die when much smaller.

The plant is gathered from the wild for local use as a food and medicine. In parts of Africa, the plant is allowed to remain as a weed in cultivated ground, and it is also sometimes cultivated

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Bidens pilosa is an annual plant producing an erect, much-branched stem up to 100cm tall, though the plant can often flower, seed and then die when much smaller.

The plant is gathered from the wild for local use as a food and medicine. In parts of Africa, the plant is allowed to remain as a weed in cultivated ground, and it is also sometimes cultivated

The roots, leaves and flowers are strongly phototoxic, the achenes weakly so

Substances isolated from the leaves can kill human skin in the presence of sunlight at concentrations as low as 10ppm
Consumption of the leaves, as in South Africa, has been found to promote the development of oesophageal cancer
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