- Scientific Name: Tridax procumbens
- Also Known As: Coat Buttons, Tridax Daisy
- The plant bears daisy like yellow-centered white or yellow flowers with three-toothed ray florets. The leaves are toothed and generally arrowhead-shaped. This weed can be found in fields, meadows, croplands, disturbed areas, lawns, and roadsides.
- Uses: Leaves can be eaten. Also used as a treatment against bronchial catarrh, dysentery, and diarrhoea. A fine paste of the leaves is applied externally to reduce swelling of haemorrhoids and to stop bleeding. The leaf sap is applied topically to sores and ulcers.
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