Local Name: Botanical Name: Family: Found in Zone No.
¡ÐàÁç§ Eclipta prostrata (L.) L. COMPOSITAE (ASTERACEAE)
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Descriptions : Herb; Herb; stems covered with appressed hairs; leaves opposite, sessile or shortly petiolate; narrowly or very narrowly elliptic, serrate; apex acute, slightly mucronate; base attenuate or shortly attenuate; both leaf surfaces covered with appressed hairs; inflorescence one or few headed, axillary or terminal; peduncle of each head with appressed hairs; involucre with approximately 2 rows of bracts; involucral bracts elliptic, with appressed hairs outside; receptacular bracts (pales) narrowly linear; ray flowers marginal, 2 or 3 rows, unisexual (female); no distinct pappus; corolla white, a narrow tube becoming ligulate distally; ovary inferior, flattened or trigonal, with an irregularly dentate apex; style filiform; 2 stigma lobes; disk flowers many, bisexual; no distinct pappus; corolla white, a basal cylindrical tube expanding to bell-shaped apex, with 4 lobes with short hairs; stamens 4; anthers with sagittate base; ovary inferior, flattened, apex irregularly dentate; style filiform; 2 stigma lobes; fruit flattened, 2 faces tuberculate in center; receptacular bracts persistent.
