Very common in open areas The plant is pounded and applied to wounds and also used to treat fever and gastric ulcers. A decoction made from the plant is given internally for diarrhea 2 and dysentery. The leaves are useful in intermittent fevers, gastric irritation and depression.
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The plant is pounded and applied to wounds and also used to treat fever and gastric ulcers. A decoction made from the plant is given internally for diarrhea 2 and dysentery. The leaves are useful in intermittent fevers, gastric irritation and depression.
family
Rubiaceae
synonym
Hedyotis biflora (L.) Lam. in
description
Branched procumbent herbs; stem 4-angled. Leaves simple, opposite, × 1.2-3.5 0.4-1.5 cm, elliptic or ovate, base cuneate, apex acute. Inflorescence axillary or mostly terminal cymes. Calyx 4-angled; lobes short, triangular, acute. Corolla white, ca. 5 mm across, campanulate; tube ca. 2 mm long, villous at throat; lobes 4, obovate. × Stamens 4. Capsule 4-angled, 3-4 2.5- 3.5 mm, hispidulous, loculicidally dehiscent in the upper part.