Flora of the Nilgiris

Habit : A spreading herb.

Habitat and Distribution : Common ready colonizer on disturbed grounds. Plains from the coast to 900m. From South Africa and Mascarene islands to Sri Lanka and India.

Indigenous Information : The leaves are cooked and eaten.

Field Tips : Leaves fleshy.

 

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   leaf about 70 g pounded and mixed with water and given to take in early in the morning for about three days and then leave four days again give for 3 days repeat once more in the same way. this is done to wash out all the intestinal worms. said by siddhars.

   Comment by Dr S.Suganthi — February 24, 2011 @ 2:14 pm

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Names:

English : Sand Herbage
Irula : Manal sopu
Tamil : Manal keerai

Flower:

In axillary umbellate cymes, green. Flowering throughout the year.

Fruit :

A capsule, papillose. Seeds 10, granular. Fruiting throughout the year.