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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