Botany
Dichrocephala latifolia is an annual, erect or spreading, smooth or hairy weed, 30 to 60 centimeters in height. Leaves are entire or pinnatifid, ovate or lanceolate, up to 10.5 centimeters long and 4 centimeters wide; the terminal lobe is large, broadly ovate and coarsely toothed. Flowering heads are yellow or purplish, rounded, and about 3 millimeters in diameter. The ray flowers are very slender, curved, and obscurely toothed. Achenes are very minute and smooth.

Distribution
- In open, waste places, old clearings, along trails, etc., chiefly at 900 meters and up to 2,200 meters in Bontoc, Ifugao, Benguet Subprovinces; and Nueva Vizcaya and Quezon Provinces in Luzon; and in Mindoro, Negros, and Mindanao.

Constituents
- Study yielded six compounds were obtained and identified as stearic acid, stigmasta-7,22-dien-3-ol, α-amyrin, epifriedelanol, methyl stearate, and tritetracontane.

Parts used
Flower buds, young shoots.

Uses
Folkloric
Decoction of flower buds used as sudorific and diuretic.
In Cambodia, young shoots used as poultice for treating blenorrhagia and insect stings.

Availability
Wild-crafted.

Additional Sources and Suggested Readings
(1)
Study on the Chemical Constituents of Dichrocephala integrifolia / Zhu Shao-hui, Zhang Qian-jun et al / DOI CNKI:SUN:ZYCA.0.2010-01-019