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138 stamens 8-12 (Hooker); anthers two-celled. Style filiform, 4-fid to the middle. Ovary half-adnate. Fruit a capsule dehiscing transversely. Seeds minutely tubercled, compressed.

Parts used : — The leaves and seeds.

Uses : — The leaves are similar to those of P. oleracea. The seeds also possess identical qualities to those of the former species.

Vern. : — Loonuk (Sind); Dhamnee— the seed; Bodda kura (Tel.)

Habitat: — Behar, Sind, the Punjab, and the Western Peninsula.

A diffuse, succulent, perennial herb. Root tuberous, 2-3 in., slightly fusiform. Stem short, 2-3 in., spreading from the root, with a few branches towards the extremity, villous. Leaves ½-3/5 in., alternate, fleshy, linear; nodal appendages 1/6 in., of sparingly tufted brown hairs. Flowers yellow, in small terminal clusters, surrounded by about 8 leaves and tufted hairs. Stamens 20. Style filiform, 5-cleft. Seeds black, granular.

Use:— The fresh acid leaves are used medicinally; an external application is prescribed by native practitioners in erysipelas and an infusion in dysuria (Murray, 96 )

 

Syn. : -T. Indica, Willd.

Sans. : — Jhâvooka, Shâvaka.

Vern. :— Jhâu (H. & B); Jhav-nu-jhâda (Gnz.); Pilchi, Koa; rukh; lainya; jhau; lai (Ph.); Atru-shavnkhu-maram (Jain); Eru-saru-manu (Tel.); Ler, lai, jhau (Sind.). The galls: — Baramâi; barri mâin (H.); Magiya main. (Bomb.) 