Fairly common in open areas – naturalised. The plant is used to treat boils, cephalagia, cough, strangury and lithiasis. Locally, it is used to make Kandifaarubeys, which is a cure for urinary problems. Leaves are used to make salads.
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uses
The plant is used to treat boils, cephalagia, cough, strangury and lithiasis. Locally, it is used to make Kandifaarubeys, which is a cure for urinary problems. Leaves are used to make salads.
family
Amaranthaceae
synonym
Achyranthes lanata L., Aerva floribunda Wight
description
Erect herbs, shoot white, woolly tomentose. Leaves simple, alternate, × 3-4 3 cm, orbicular to ovate, apex obtuse, mucronate, pubescent above, densely woolly below; petiole to 1 cm. Spikes clustered, axillary, to 1 cm, densely tomentose; bracts and bracteoles 1 mm, ovate; tepals 1.5 mm, oblong, mucronate; filaments basally connate, 0.5 mm, staminodes subulate; ovary 0.4 mm long. Utricle breaking irregularly; seeds black.