Grown as an ornamental plant The root of the plant is a mild purgative. Bruised and heated leaves are applied as a stimulating poultice to boils, buboes and other abscesses to hasten the suppurative process. It also cures wounds and bruises.
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The root of the plant is a mild purgative. Bruised and heated leaves are applied as a stimulating poultice to boils, buboes and other abscesses to hasten the suppurative process. It also cures wounds and bruises.
family
Nyctaginaceae
synonym
Mirabilis lindheimeri (Standl.) Shinners
description
Herbs with large tuberous roots; stem semisucculent. Leaves opposite, × 3-9 2.5-5 cm, triangular-ovate, base obliquely truncate to shortly decurrent, apex acute to acuminate; lateral nerves 5-7 pairs; petiole to 3.5 cm long. Inflorescence of 3-7-flowered, terminal capitate cluster. Perianth pink, white or yellow, funnel- shaped; tube to 4 cm long, slender, limb 5-lobed. Stamens 3-6, exserted. Ovary globose, subsessile; stigma shortly lobed or fimbriate. Anthocarp 4-6 mm across, globose, rugose, black when ripe.