Lindernia ciliata - Hairy Slitwort

❏ Binomial Name : Lindernia ciliata (Colsm.) Pennel.

❏ Synonym : Bonnaya brachiata,Lindernia bracteoides

❏ Family : Linderniaceae

❏ Common Name : Hairy Slitwort

❏ IUCN status: Least Concern

Lindernia ciliata Botanical Description

Small erect annual herbs. Leaves simple, opposite, 0.8-1.5 x 0.4-0.6 cm, elliptic-oblong, apex obtuse or acute, base rounded, margin aristate-dentate, penninerved, sessile. Flowers in lax terminal racemes; pedicels 1-2 mm long; bracts leafy, 2-3 mm long. Calyx-lobes 5, ca 5 mm long, linear. Corolla pink or bluish-pink, 8 mm long, tube curved, 2-lipped. Stamens 2; anthers unequal; staminodes with divergent hooks. Ovary 2 -3 mm long, elongate. Capsule 1-1.5 cm long, linear, septum winged, exceeding the fruiting calyx; seeds black. Fl. &Fr.: June-October.

Lindernia ciliata Medicinal uses

The sap from the crushed leaves is given after childbirth. In Taiwan, the plant is considered an effective cure for menorrhagia

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