Digera muricata - False Amaranth - Flowers of Tamilnadu

❏ Binomial Name : Digera muricata (L.) Mart.

❏ Synonym : Achyranthes muricata,Digera arvensis,Digera forsskaolii

❏ Family : Amaranthaceae

❏ Common Name : False Amaranth

❏ Tamil Name : Kaatu Keerai

❏ Hindi Name : Latmahuria

❏ IUCN status: Not Evaluated

Digera muricata Botanical Description

Profusely branched herbs. Leaves 4 x 3 cm, ovate, apex acute; petiole to 3 cm. Spikes axillary, to 9 cm; bracts 1.5 mm, ovate, scarious; bracteoles 2, 2 mm, ovate; tepals 5, outer 3 larger, 3 mm, ovate, scarious; stamens 5, basally connate, filaments 1.5 mm; anthers 0.2 mm; ovary 0.5 mm, obovoid. Utricle 2 mm, ovoid; seed one. Fl. &Fr.: December-July.

Digera muricata Medicinal uses

❀ The young leaves and stems are cooked with cereals and eaten.

❀ The seeds and flowers are used to treat urinary disorders

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