Fairly common in marshy areas Leaves or the ashes of the plant mixed with oil is applied to cure rheumatism and herpetic eruptions. The plant is useful as a remedy for burning sensation, anorexia, dyspepsia, colic, strangury, seminal weakness, rheumatism and intermittent fevers.
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uses
Leaves or the ashes of the plant mixed with oil is applied to cure rheumatism and herpetic eruptions. The plant is useful as a remedy for burning sensation, anorexia, dyspepsia, colic, strangury, seminal weakness, rheumatism and intermittent fevers. 4; in
family
Lythraceae
synonym
Ammannia apiculata Koehne, Ammannia indica Lam.
description
Erect annual herbs; stem 4-angled or more or less winged. Leaves × simple, decussate, sessile, 2-6 0.5-0.8 cm, linear to elliptic, apex acute, base attenuate, chartaceous. Cymes dischasial, axillary. Flowers 4 or 5-merous, perigynous; pedicels, ca 2 mm long. Calyx tube 1-2 mm long, campanulate; lobes 4, 1-1.5 mm long, triangular. Petals absent. Stamens 4; filaments ca. 0.5 mm long. Ovary 1 mm in diam; ovules many; stigma capitate. Capsule 1.5-2 mm across, globose, exceeding calyx tube; seeds brownish, concavo-convex.