Trees & Plants

Artillery plant

Mariyan hui

Pilea microphylla (L.) Liebm.

Common in the moist and shady locations, epiphytic on walls The plant has antibacterial and antioxidant properties. An infusion of the entire plant is used as a diuretic and also to treat diarrhea and asthma. The crushed leaves are applied commonly to sores and bruises to heal th

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uses: The plant has antibacterial and antioxidant properties. An infusion of the entire plant is used as a diuretic and also to treat diarrhea and asthma. The crushed leaves are applied commonly to sores and bruises to heal them. 4, 1.
family: Urticaceae
synonym: Parietaria microphylla L., Urtica microphylla (L.) Sw.
description: Slender succulent herbs; branches and leaves bifarious; stem transparent. Leaves simple, opposite, 4 × 3 mm, ovate-orbicular, apex obtuse, base attenuate, subsucculent; raphides transverse; petiole to 1 mm long. Flowers monoecious in small umbellate clusters, 1-1.5 mm across. Male flowers: tepals 4, free, concave, obtuse; stamens 4. Female flowers: tepals connate, 2-4-toothed; ovary ca. 0.5 mm long, ovoid, 1-celled; ovule 1. Achene ca. 1 mm long, ellipsoid.
native range: Tropical America – Brazil to Mexico
distribution: Widespread in tropical, subtropical and temperate regions
english names: Artillery plant · Gunpowder plant · Rockweed
flowering fruiting: August- November
occurrence maldives: Common in the moist and shady locations, epiphytic on walls