Weed Herbarium

Department of Agronomy

Bangladesh Agricultural University

Raktadrone

Common Name: Honey Weed
Scientific Name: Leonurus sibiricus L.
Family Name: Lamiaceae
Type: Broadleaf

Identification Notes

Leonurus sibiricus Photo 1
Leonurus sibiricus Photo 1
Leonurus sibiricus Photo 2
Leonurus sibiricus Photo 3
Leonurus sibiricus Photo 4
Leonurus sibiricus Photo 5
Leonurus sibiricus Photo 6
EPPO Code
LECSI
Life Cycle
Annual
Morphology
Stem: erect, glabrous or pubescent. Leaves: Long petiolated, pinnati or palmiti or palmiti- partite, segments linear increased. Flower: Whorls, numerous, small, axillary, red in colour. Fruit: a nut.
Growing season
Rabi and Kharif
Germination period
January to December
Flowering period
October to April
Propagation
By Seed
Habitat
Mostly found in homesteads. Also found in fallow lands, roadsides, bank of ponds and rabi crop fields near homesteads
Weed potential
Leonurus sibiricus is a ruderal weed and occasional weed of cultivated fields, fallow and waste land, especially in the lower regions of the island.
Control measure
-
Recommended herbicide
-
Distribution
Leonurus sibiricus is native to western Siberia (Mongolia, northwest China). This species is present in Europe, North, Central and South America and the Caribbean, in the Indian Ocean in Mauritius and Reunion, in Indonesia and in some Pacific islands
Medicinal properties
Leonurus sibiricus plants are used for the treatment of different ailments including menstrual irregularities and heart disorders (Islam and Kato-Noguchi 2014).
References

[1] Islam A K M M,  Kato-Noguchi H. 2014. Allelopathic activity of Leonurus sibiricus on different target plant species. Journal of Food, Agriculture & Environment Vol.12 (2): 286-289.