Oldenlandia herbacea - Slender Diamond Flower

❏ Binomial Name : Oldenlandia herbacea (L.) Roxb.

❏ Synonym : Hedyotis herbacea,Hedyotis heynei

❏ Family : Rubiaceae

❏ Common Name : Slender Diamond Flower

❏ Tamil Name : Nonnanampullu

❏ Hindi Name : Paper-bhed

❏ IUCN status: Not Evaluated

Oldenlandia herbacea Botanical Description

Much branched, erect herbs; stem 4-angled, narrowly winged along angles. Leaves sessile, 1.5-3 x 0.1-0.3 cm, linear-lanceolate, acute at apex, glabrous; stipules short, 3-4-setose on margins. Flowers solitary or 2-nate, axillary; peduncles filiform, 0.5-1 cm long. Calyx tube turbinate, to 2 mm, funnel-shaped; lobes triangular-subulate. Corolla white, 1-1.5 mm long, wider on mouth; lobes 5, minute. Stamens 4, included, subsessile. Stigma 2-fid. Capsule c. 2.5 mm across, subglobose, didymous, loculicidal. Seeds minute, trigonous. Fl. &Fr.: July-December.

Oldenlandia herbacea Medicinal uses

❀ A decoction is used in the treatment of mild cases of malarial fever of a low remittent type

❀ The powdered plant, combined with honey, is used to treat rheumatic fevers and swellings

❀ The plant is useful in the treatment of elephantiasis, fever, verminosis, inflammations, asthma, bronchitis and ulcers

❀ The leaves are used as an expectorant in the treatment of asthma and consumption

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