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Amaranthus polygonoides

Scientific Name
Amaranthus polygonoides
Family Name
Amaranthaceae
Common Names
Local Names
Tampala (Sri Lanka)
Description
A prostrate, glabrous herb with many spreading branches; leaves small, 0.7-1.5cmlong, 0.5-1cm broad, obovate or obovate-lanceolate or spathulate, obtuse or roundedat apex, sharply apiculate. tapering to the petiole, stiff and glabrous; petioles 0.3-Icmlong, grooved on the upper surface; flowers regular, small, unisexual, monoecious,2mm long, numerous in axillary clusters, bracts subulate, sharply acuminate; sepais 3,lanceolate or oblong, 2mm long, 0.8mm broad, membranous, acuminate with an awn at the apex; petals absent; male flowers: stamens 3, versatile, filaments free, anther 0.7mm long, staminodes absent; female flowers : ovary superior, unilocular with a single basal ovule, styles 3; fruit a membranous, urceolate, indehiscent capsule, 1.5mm long, 1.2mm broad, tapering to a sharp point with deeply wrinkled and persistent sepals; seed lenticular. 1mm dia dark brown with raised border.Flowers all the year round. (Sri Lanka)
Uses
Gonorrhea, menorrhagia (Sri Lanka)
Locations Where Plants Is Conserved
Remarks
Amaranthus polygonoides (IPNI)

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