Chapter 4 Pyrethroid insecticide Pyrethrum is found in the flowers of plants belonging to the family Compositae and the genus Chrysanthemum. Originally pyrethrum flowers came from Yugoslavia and Japan, but Kenya now supplies most of them. Chapter 4 Pyrethroid insecticide Chapter 4 Pyrethroid insecticide Pyrethrum powders were first used around 1800, and by 1851 their use was world-wide. The ground flowers can be used as an insecticide, but this is very wasteful. Pyrethrum concentrates may be prepared from the ground flowers by extracting with petroleum ether, acetone, glacial acetic acid
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