Family: Urticaceae
Synonym: Dubrueilia microphylla (L.) Gaudich.
Vernacular name: Artillery Fern
Habit: Herb
Habitat: Grown as garden plant, often found as an escape
Distribution: South America; now introduced into other tropical regions
Flowering and Fruiting: August-November
Key identification features: Slender succulent herbs; branches and leaves bifarious; stem transparent. Flowers monoecious in small umbellate clusters,. Male flowers: tepals 4, free, concave, obtuse; Achene ellipsoid.
Uses: An infusion of the entire plant is used as a diuretic.
The crushed leaves are applied commonly to sores and bruises to heal them.
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