Boerhavia erecta - Erect Spiderling

❏ Binomial Name : Boerhavia erecta L.

❏ Family : Nyctaginaceae

❏ Common Name : Erect Spiderling, Erect boerhavia, Erect tar vine 

❏ Hindi Name : Shweta  

❏ IUCN status: Not Evaluated

Boerhavia erecta Botanical Description

Erect herbs. Leaves in unequal pairs, 2-4 x 1.2-3 cm, elliptic-ovate to ovate-lanceolate, base cuneate or subacute, margin repand, apex acute to apiculate, subsucculent; petiole to 1.2 cm long. Panicle zig-zag, axillary and terminal; umbellules 2-4-flowered. Pedicels upto 6 mm long. Perianth white with pink stripes, c. 3 mm across; tube 2-2.5 mm long. Stamens 1 or 3. Fruit c. 2.5 mm long, obconic, apex truncate, the grooves between the ribs somewhat undulate. Fl. &Fr.: August-December

Boerhavia erecta Medicinal uses

❀ The dried root is powdered and added to local beer as an aphrodisiac

❀ The roots are used in a preparation for treating the stump of a newly severed umbilical cord.

❀ A decoction of the whole plant is taken to treat gastro-intestinal, liver and infertility problems, and convulsions in children

❀ The ash of the whole plant is rubbed on the skin of the head as a treatment against fungal infections

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