Local Name: Botanical Name: Family: Found in Zone No.

ΌΡ‘’ΑΛΤΉ Boerhavia diffussa Linn. NYCTAGINACEAE 3

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Descriptions :
Herb Perenial herb up to 1 m, often richly branched, erect or decumbent at base, glabrous or puberulous particularly in the upper part. Leaves; simple, alternate, ovate, acute to obtuse at apex, truncate to rounded at base, 2-4 by 1.5-3 cm; lower surface often whitish with inserted, reddish glands along the margin; upper surface green. Petioles 1-4 cm. Inflorescences; terminated by a small cymose group of flowers . Flower; ultimate peduncles glandular, . Pedicels 0.5-2 mm; bracteoles 1-2 mm long. Perianth campanulate, ca 2 mm long, pink . Stamens 2-3, slightly exserted. Pistil; superior ovary, ovate, style slightly exserted; stigma capitate. Fruit clavate, 2-3 mm long, with 5 longitudinal ribs , stipitate glands.