Family: Amaranthaceae
Synonym: Achyranthes brasiliana (L.) Standl., Alternanthera dentata Scheygr.
Habit: Herb
Habitat: Fields, under trees, moist places
Distribution: India, West Indies and Brazil,
Tropical America
Flowering and Fruiting: Throughout the year
Key identification features: It is a perennial herb with erect and
glabrous stems. The leaves are sessile with ovate to lanceolate shape.
Inflorescences is terminal and axillary. The flowers have monomorphic tepals
with 5 stamens. The fruit is utricle,
which are brown and ellipsoid.
Uses: The leaf juice is squeezed into
vinegar and drunk as a refreshing, antidiarrhoeic infusion
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