Common along the sides of marshy areas An extract of the plant is taken internally for diarrhea, kidney ailments, gonorrhea, and syphilis. Th reat & damage: It is a weed of minor importance in both arable and non- arable lands infesting irrigated lowland to and upland crop orchar
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uses
An extract of the plant is taken internally for diarrhea, kidney ailments, gonorrhea, and syphilis. Th reat & damage: It is a weed of minor importance in both arable and non- arable lands infesting irrigated lowland to and upland crop orchards in South and Southeast Asia. It is also recorded as a weed in North America, Puerto Rico, Brazil and 5, Suriname. 6,
family
Euphorbiaceae
synonym
Phyllanthus leprocarpus Wight.
description
Erect herbs; young stem and leaves reddish. Leaves simple, alternate, Th × 0.6-1.2 0.4-0.6 cm, oblong, apex acute to apiculate, base oblique, margin ciliate, glabrous; stipules ca. 1mm long, linear to subulate. Male flowers in axillary clusters; in tepals 6, 1-seriate, orbicular; stamens 5, filaments united; disc 6-lobed. Female flowers in lower axils, solitary; tepals 6, obovate-oblong; ovary warted without; stigma 3, each 2-fid; disc annular.Capsule 2-3 mm across, globose, 3-lobed, sessile, verrucose; seeds 6, trigonous, transversely ridged.