Common in open areas The plant is useful in all sorts of bowel complaints including diarrhea and dysentery. A decoction of the green leaves and roots is used for treatment of colitis. or or at EUQEEFAR 4, .M/OAF
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uses
The plant is useful in all sorts of bowel complaints including diarrhea and dysentery. A decoction of the green leaves and roots is used for treatment of colitis. or or at EUQEEFAR 4, .M/OAF
family
Rubiaceae
synonym
Hedyotis auricularia L., Hedyotis hirsuta Lam.
description
Diffuse to trailing herbs; stem 4-angled, bluish, villous when young. × Leaves 2-7 1-2.5 cm, elliptic-ovate or elliptic-lanceolate, base rounded or cuneate, apex shortly acuminate; lateral nerves 4 or 5 pairs, glabrous; stipules broadly ovate, pectinate on margins. Flowers fascicled at axils; pedicels ca. 1 mm long. Calyx tube ca. 1 mm long, 4-lobed. Corolla white, campanulate; tube ca. 1 mm long; lobes 4, reflexed, hairy at throat. Stamens 4, included. Capsule ca. 2 mm across, globose, pubescent, indehiscent; seeds many, black, 3-angled.