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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