Plant description-Tithonia diversifoliaT. Diversifolia is an herbaceous/shrub species, branched whose height could vary from 2 to 4meters (Super division Spermatophyta, Class Eucotiledoneae, Subclass Metaclamideas, Order Campanuladas, Family Asteraceae, Genus Tithonia, Species Tithonia diversifolia (Hemsl.)Gray.It is distributed in Africa (e.g.Nigeria, Kenya), 1-3 South America (Colombia, Venezuela, Bolivia e Brazil), [4][5][6][7] North America (e.g.Mexico), 8 Central America and the Caribbean (Costa Rica, Panamá, Cuba) 9 and Asia (China and Vietnam). 10,11 Diversifolia can growth in acid soils including high levels of aluminium and low levels of phosphorus.9 It is important to mention that T. Diversifolia is able to take mobilized phosphorus from the soil to the plant, which is a positive characteristic for most of tropical soils.It requires 800 to 5.000mm of water, 16 to 30°C and can growth from sea level to 2.500m altitude.9 Usually, T. Diversifolia occurs in marginal area as of roads, around crop fields and hedges or close to farm houses.In Latin America and Caribbean (Colombia, México, Cuba, Panama, Dominican Republic and Brazil) pure stands are growing fast as farmers start to recognize the high biomass production and nutritional value of the plant.