Common in open land and farming areas Plant decoction is used to treat bronchial asthma. A colour-fast red dye is extracted from the root bark. SATNAD .J.K/OAF 4, .P/OAF
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Plant decoction is used to treat bronchial asthma. A colour-fast red dye is extracted from the root bark. SATNAD .J.K/OAF 4, .P/OAF
family
Rubiaceae
synonym
Hedyotis umbellata (L.) Lam., Oldenlandia puberula (G. Don) R. Br. ex Arn.
description
Diffuse or prostrate herbs. × Leaves sessile, 0.5-1.6 0.2-0.4 cm, linear-lanceolate, base decurrent, margin revolute, apex acute; stipules with several bristles, base triangular. Flowers in many- flowered terminal, umbellate cymes and also sometimes axillary. Calyx lobes 4, persistent, 1.5 mm long, ovate-acuminate. Corolla pinkish-white, ca. 3 mm across, campanulate; lobes 4, lanceolate. Stamens 4, in the throat of the corolla tube, exserted; filaments linear. Ovary ca. 1 mm across, globose, hairy; stigma 2-fid, recurved. Capsule 2-2.5 mm across, globose, didymous, scabrid; seeds angular, reticulate.