Tagets Erecta Marigold orange flowering plant
| Common Classification | |||
| Common Names | Marigold, African Marigold, American Marigold. Mary gold Orange | ||
| Name in Sinhalese | Dahas Pethiya (mean : "Thousand petals") | ||
| Categories | Flowers | ||
| Scientific Classification | |||
| Family | Compositae | ||
| Genus | Tagetes | ||
| Species | T.erecta | ||
| Scientific Names | Tagets erecta, Tagets patula, Tagetes heterocarpha | ||
| Status | |||
| Culinary / Edible | Yes | Leaves and flowers | |
| Use as Medicament | Yes | All parts | |
| Poisoned / Toxin | No | ||
| Description | |||
| Origin | Native plant to America and Mexico. Introduced to Sri Lanka for ornamentation. Widely grows in home gardens throughout the country and cultivates for cut-flowers The plant use to medicinal remedies and cultivates as a food crops in some other countries but not in Sri Lanka . | ||
| Identification | |||
| Flower | Leaves | ||
| Related species | Marigold tenuifolia Tagetes lemmonii - Ata Pethiya | ||
