Lindernia crustacea - Malaysian False Pimpernel

❏ Binomial Name : Lindernia crustacea (L.) F.Muell.

❏ Synonym : Vandellia crustacea,Capraria crustacea

❏ Family : Linderniaceae

❏ Common Name : Malaysian False Pimpernel

❏ IUCN status: Least Concern

Lindernia crustacea Botanical Description

Prostrate, diffusely branched herbs, rooting at nodes; stem 4-angled, slightly winged on angles. Leaves simple, opposite, 0.8-1.5 x 0.7-1.2 cm, ovate, apex subacute, base truncate, margin serrate, penninerved; petiole c. 5 mm long. Flowers axillary, solitary or 2-per node on terminal racemes; pedicel 1-1.2 cm long. Calyx 4 mm long, divided to 1/3, 5-ribbed, lobes elliptic-lanceolate, ciliate on margins. Corolla rose to purple, tube 5 mm long. Stamens 4, didynamous; lower pair of stamens with a subulate appendage at the middle of filament. Ovary globose. Capsule c. 5 mm long, 2-3 mm across, ovoid; seeds minute, many. Fl. &Fr.: August-November.

Lindernia crustacea Medicinal uses

❀ A decoction of the leaves is given as a medicine after childbirth

❀ A decoction is drunk as a tea for its febrifuge effect

❀ The leaf decoction is applied topically to boils and itches, herpes-like sores, and to sores caused by forest ticks

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