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Broadleaves

Asthma weed

Low, hairy herb with reddish stems that bleed white milky sap and round clusters of tiny greenish flowers at the leaf joints.

Euphorbia hirta Broadleaves, annual Fact sheet
Asthma weed (Euphorbia hirta) with its clusters of tiny flowers along the stems
Photo: Andre Hosper, CC BY, via iNaturalist

Also called

Tawa tawa, gatas gatas

Crops it troubles

Mais Corn, yellow or field Tubo Sugarcane Monggo Mungbean Mani Peanut Sibuyas Onion, bulb Bawang Garlic Talong Eggplant Kamatis Tomato Pinya Pineapple Niyog Coconut Mais na matamis Corn, sweet Mais na malagkit Corn, white or glutinous Batad Sorghum Utaw Soybean Sitaw String bean Paayap Cowpea Sigarilyas Winged bean Patani Lima bean Kadyos Pigeon pea Bulak Cotton Repolyo Cabbage Brokoli Broccoli Koliplor Cauliflower Kintsay Celery Ampalaya Bitter gourd Kalabasa Squash Pipino Cucumber Okra Sili Chili Atsal Bell pepper Patola Sponge gourd Upo Bottle gourd Sayote Chayote Pakwan Watermelon Milon Melon Tabako Tobacco Presa Strawberry Sibuyas na mura Spring onion Sibuyas Tagalog Shallot Abaka Abaca Goma Rubber Palma Oil palm Kawayan Bamboo Saging Banana Papaya Mangga Mango Kalamansi Calamansi Citrus, dalandan or ponkan Suha Pomelo Langka Jackfruit Abukado Avocado Bayabas Guava Lansones Lanzones Rambutan Duryan Durian Mangostan Mangosteen Sapodilla Chico Atis Sugar apple Guyabano Soursop Santol Kaimito Star apple Sampalok Tamarind Kasoy Cashew Saniata Dragon fruit Kape Coffee Kakaw Cacao Malunggay Moringa

How to tell it is a broadleaf

Wide leaves with a net of veins. The group decides what kills it, so check the stem and the leaf before you buy a herbicide.

How to keep it out

Hoe or pull it young, before the tiny flower clusters seed, and mulch the beds.

How to control it

What to do and which active ingredients work depend on your crop and how old it is. The weed control helper in anee.io gives both, for corn and every other crop it grows in.

Open the weed control helper

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Many weeds look alike. Send a photo to Anee, the smart farm technician in anee.io. She reads it with your crop, its age and the weather, and tells you what it most likely is and what to do first. In Tagalog or English.

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