Mollugo nudicaulis - Nakedstem Carpetweed

❏ Binomial Name : Mollugo nudicaulis Lam.

❏ Family : Molluginaceae

❏ Common Name : Nakedstem Carpetweed

❏ Tamil Name : Parpadagam

❏ IUCN status: Not Evaluated

Mollugo nudicaulis Botanical Description

Annual acaulescent herbs. Leaves radical, 2.5-4 x 1.3-2 cm, obovate to spathulate, base attenuate, margin entire, apex rounded , glabrous, subsessile. Cymes terminal, corymbose. Pedicel filiform to 4 mm long. Tepals 5, 2-3 mm long, elliptic, hooded, white. Stamens 3-5; filament c.1.5 mm long. Ovary oblong, 3-lobed, 3-celled; stigmas 3, sessile, flat, spreading, papillose. Capsule c. 2 mm long, ellipsoid. Seeds many, oblique-reniform, reddish-black, thickly tuberculate. Fl. &Fr.: May-September.

Mollugo nudicaulis Medicinal uses

❀ The plant is used for the treatment of whooping cough, vermifuge

❀ Extract of the whole plant is used in cloudy vision and whooping cough.

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