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Broadleaves

Billygoat weed

Soft, hairy herb with paired, egg shaped, toothed leaves, a goat like smell when crushed, and small fluffy blue to white flower heads.

Ageratum conyzoides Broadleaves, annual Fact sheet
Billygoat weed (Ageratum conyzoides) with its soft lilac flower heads
Photo: Wynand Uys, CC BY, via iNaturalist

Also called

Bulak manok, singilan, bahug bahug

Crops it troubles

Repolyo Cabbage Brokoli Broccoli Koliplor Cauliflower Kintsay Celery Patatas Potato Karot Carrot Litsugas Lettuce Presa Strawberry Kamatis Tomato Talong Eggplant Sili Chili Atsal Bell pepper Mais Corn, yellow or field Niyog Coconut Saging Banana Mais na matamis Corn, sweet Mais na malagkit Corn, white or glutinous Batad Sorghum Kamote Sweet potato Kamoteng kahoy Cassava Gabi Taro Ubi Purple yam Luya Ginger Luyang dilaw Turmeric Ampalaya Bitter gourd Kalabasa Squash Pipino Cucumber Okra Patola Sponge gourd Upo Bottle gourd Sayote Chayote Pakwan Watermelon Milon Melon Tabako Tobacco Labanos Radish Petsay Pechay Kangkong Water spinach Mustasa Mustard Alugbati Malabar spinach Saluyot Jute mallow Abaka Abaca Goma Rubber Palma Oil palm Kawayan Bamboo 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 before it flowers; it seeds in about 6 weeks, so mulch and an early weeding stop the next flush.

Active ingredients whose labels name it

  • GlyphosateHRAC 9

Herbicides registered in the Philippines with these active ingredients name this weed on their labels, each for the crops its label lists, such as corn. Use one only where the label names your crop, and follow it.

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 cabbage and every other crop it grows in.

Open the weed control helper

Where this comes from

Not sure it is this one?

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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