Monday, July 1, 2024

Yamazakia pusilla (Willd.) W.R.Barker, Y.S.Liang & Wannan

 

Family: Linderniaceae

Synonym: Lindernia caespitosa (Blume) Panigrahi 

Vernacular name: Tiny Slitwort

Habit: Herb

Habitat: Paddy fields, wet places, near beels

Distribution: Tropical & Subtropical Asia to Northern Australia

Flowering and Fruiting: August-December

Key identification features: It is an annual herb, up to a foot tall, spreading, sometimes carrying long runners. Flowers are borne at branch-ends, in umbel- or raceme-like 3-5-flowered clusters. Flowers are blue purple. Fruit is a capsule.

Uses: The leaves are eaten as a condiment and as a pot herb. It is used to treat dysentery and other intestinal problems. A decoction of the leaves is given after childbirth.



 

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