Names in other European languages include cadillo chisaca in Spanish and herbe caille in French.

Among Dravidian languages, it is called jayanthi (ಜಯoತಿ) in Kannada, while it is known in Malayalam by the names kumminnippacha (കുമ്മിനിന്നിപാച്ച), kurikootticheera (കുറികോട്ടിച്ചിചിറ), muriyampachila (മുരിയമ്പാചില), odiyancheera (ഒഡിയൻ‌ചിറ), railpoochedi (റൈലാപൂച്ചെഡി), sanipoovu (ഷാനിപോവ്), thelkuthi (തെക്കുത്തി) or chiravanakku (ചിരവനാക്ക്).

[7] The plant bears daisy-like yellow-centered white or yellow flowers with three-toothed ray florets.

Its fruit is a hard achene covered with stiff hairs and having a feathery, plumelike white pappus at one end.

[citation needed] Traditionally, Tridax procumbens has been in use in India for wound healing and as an anticoagulant, antifungal, and insect repellent.

Other chemical compounds isolated from the plant include alkyl esters, sterols,[10] pentacyclic triterpenes,[10][11] fatty acids,[12] and polysaccharides.