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Kinka Oil

Baccharoides anthelmintica

Kinka Oil
Photo: Brabindra, CC BY-SA 3.0

Kinka Oil (Baccharoides anthelmintica) is a wild herbaceous species of the daisy family, native to dry woodland and riverine habitats in East Africa and South Asia. It is not a common garden plant, so cultivation advice is limited.

Family
Asteraceae (Daisy family)
Grows as
Perennial
Light
Full sun
Water
Water sparingly, letting the soil dry between waterings, as it is adapted to seasonally dry climates.
Soil
Well-drained, sandy or loamy soil.
Temperature
18–35 °C; protect below 10 °C
How easy
Moderate
Native range
Kenya to Namibia, Indian Subcontinent to China (SW. Yunnan) and Indo-China
Climate
seasonally dry tropical

About

Baccharoides anthelmintica is a species of perennial plant from the family Asteraceae. It is native to South Asia and Eastern Africa. Its habitats include deciduous woodland, open dry forests, and riverine forests.

Other Baccharoides plants

Baccharoides lasiopus · Baccharoides

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Baccharoides anthelmintica by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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