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Mollugo pentaphylla L.

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Mollugo pentaphylla L.
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🗒 Synonyms
synonymMollugo stricta L.
synonymPharnaceum pentaphyllum (L.) Spreng.
synonymPharnaceum strictum (L.) Spreng.
🗒 Common Names
Assamese
  • Khet papra
  • Khet-papra
Bengali
  • Khet Papra
Hin
  • Lajvanthi
Hindi
  • झरसी Jharasi
Irula
  • Pulimuttu chedi
Malayalam
  • Parpadakapullu
Marathi
  • Sarsalida
  • झरसी Jharasi
Oriya
  • Malagoso
Other
  • Five Leaved Carpetweed
  • Mollugo
  • Parpaadagam
Tamil
  • Seeragappoondu
  • Turapoondu
  • குத்துத்திராய் Kuttuttiray
Telugu
  • చేతలాసి Chetarasi
📚 Overview
Overview
Summary
Brief
Flowering class: Dicot Habit: Herb
Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
Attributions Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
Contributors 
D. Narasimhan
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    Diagnostic Keys
    Description
    Ascending herbs. Leaves in whorls of 2-6, unequal, 1.5-3.5 x 0.6-1.2 cm, obovate to oblong-lanceolate, base attenuate, apex subacute or obtuse, glabrous. Cymes axillary and terminal. Pedicels filiform, 5-8 mm long. Tepals 5, 2-3 mm long, elliptic-oblong, obtuse, green with white scarious margins, some what accrescent in fruit. Stamens 3-5. Ovary ovoid, c. 2 mm long, 3-5-celled; ovules many; styles 3-5. Capsules 2-2.5 mm across, ovoid, membranous. Seeds many, reniform, areolate, reddish brown.
    Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
    Attributions Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
    Contributors 
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      Habit: Herb
      G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
      Attributions G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
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        Habit: An erect slender herb, upto 20cm.
        Keystone Foundation
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          📚 Natural History
          Cyclicity
          Flowering and fruiting: July-September
          Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
          Attributions Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
          Contributors 
          Status UNDER_CREATION
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            Flowering and fruiting in June to July.
            Wild edible plants of Assam. by Sri Brahmananda Patiri and Sri Ananta Borah, published by the Director Forest Communication, Forest Department, Assam. Curated for upload by Pranjal Mahananda.
            Attributions Wild edible plants of Assam. by Sri Brahmananda Patiri and Sri Ananta Borah, published by the Director Forest Communication, Forest Department, Assam. Curated for upload by Pranjal Mahananda.
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              Morphology
              Flower

              In terminal or leaf-opposed polychasial cymes; white. Flowering throughout the year.

              Fruit

              A oblong capsule; seeds 15-20, dark brown, prominentlygranular.

              Field tips

              Leaves radical and cauline. Rooting at nodes.

              Leaf Arrangement

              Radical or whorled

              Leaf Type

              Simple

              Leaf Shape

              Oblanceolate-spathulate

              Leaf Apex

              Obtuse-subacute

              Leaf Base

              Cuneate-attenuate

              Leaf Margin

              Entire

              Keystone Foundation
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                A erect slender glabrous herb, leaves are very variable. Flowers in compound inflorescence. Generally found in foot hills and household gardens.
                Wild edible plants of Assam. by Sri Brahmananda Patiri and Sri Ananta Borah, published by the Director Forest Communication, Forest Department, Assam. Curated for upload by Pranjal Mahananda.
                Attributions Wild edible plants of Assam. by Sri Brahmananda Patiri and Sri Ananta Borah, published by the Director Forest Communication, Forest Department, Assam. Curated for upload by Pranjal Mahananda.
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                  Miscellaneous Details
                  Notes: Along banks of streams and in moist and dry deciduous forests
                  G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
                  Attributions G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
                  Contributors 
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                    No Data
                    📚 Habitat and Distribution
                    General Habitat
                    Open areas and along banks of streams, also in deciduous forests
                    Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
                    Attributions Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
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                      Cultivated
                      Dr. Chandra Barooah & Iftikher Ahmed (2014) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.
                      Attributions Dr. Chandra Barooah & Iftikher Ahmed (2014) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.
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                        Description
                        Global Distribution

                        Pantropical

                        Indian distribution

                        State - Kerala, District/s: All Districts

                        Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
                        Attributions Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
                        Contributors 
                        Status UNDER_CREATION
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                          Karnataka: Belgaum, Chikmagalur, Dharwar, Hassan, Mysore, N. Kanara Kerala: All districts Tamil Nadu: All districts
                          G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
                          Attributions G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
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                            Found in the cultivable lands and fallows from plains to 1000m. Common. Tropics and subtropics of the world.
                            Keystone Foundation
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                              Global Distribution

                              India: Assam, Bihar, Maharastra, Odisha, Uttar Pradesh

                              Local Distribution

                              Assam

                              Dr. Chandra Barooah & Iftikher Ahmed (2014) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.
                              Attributions Dr. Chandra Barooah & Iftikher Ahmed (2014) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.
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                                No Data
                                📚 Occurrence
                                No Data
                                📚 Uses and Management
                                Uses

                                System of Medicines Used In

                                Folk medicine
                                Folk medicine
                                Siddha
                                Siddha
                                Traditional chinese medicine
                                Traditional chinese medicine
                                Medicinal
                                Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
                                Attributions Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
                                Contributors 
                                Status UNDER_CREATION
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                                  System Of Medicines Used In

                                  Folk medicine, Siddha, Traditional chinese medicine

                                  FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants: http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=3781
                                  Attributions FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants: http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=3781
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                                    Young leaves are eaten cooked as vegetable.
                                    Wild edible plants of Assam. by Sri Brahmananda Patiri and Sri Ananta Borah, published by the Director Forest Communication, Forest Department, Assam. Curated for upload by Pranjal Mahananda.
                                    Attributions Wild edible plants of Assam. by Sri Brahmananda Patiri and Sri Ananta Borah, published by the Director Forest Communication, Forest Department, Assam. Curated for upload by Pranjal Mahananda.
                                    Contributors 
                                    Status UNDER_CREATION
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                                      Folklore
                                      Indigenous Information: The leaf paste is applied to heal wounds of cattle which have been caused by tiger or leopard attacks.
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                                        📚 Information Listing
                                        References
                                        1. Mollugo stricta sensu Clarke in Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 663. 1879 p.p., non L. 1762.
                                        2. Mollugo pentaphylla L., Sp. Pl. 89. 1753; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 553(390). 1919; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 127. 1982; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 199. 1984; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 183. 1985; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 205. 1988; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 183. 1989; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 308. 1990; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 221. 1990; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 213. 1994; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 157. 1995; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 209. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 139. 1997; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 307. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 161. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 141. 1999; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 140. 2002; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 296. 2002; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 241. 2005; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 333. 2009; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 402. 2009.
                                        1. Flora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. I, 1983
                                        1. D K Ved, Suma Tagadur Sureshchandra, Vijay Barve, Vijay Srinivas, Sathya Sangeetha, K. Ravikumar, Kartikeyan R., Vaibhav Kulkarni, Ajith S. Kumar, S.N. Venugopal, B. S. Somashekhar, M.V. Sumanth, Noorunissa Begum, Sugandhi Rani, Surekha K.V., and Nikhil Desale. 2016. (envis.frlht.org / frlhtenvis.nic.in). FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants, Bengaluru. http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=3781
                                        Information Listing > References
                                        1. Mollugo stricta sensu Clarke in Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 663. 1879 p.p., non L. 1762.
                                        2. Mollugo pentaphylla L., Sp. Pl. 89. 1753; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 553(390). 1919; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 127. 1982; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 199. 1984; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 183. 1985; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 205. 1988; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 183. 1989; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 308. 1990; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 221. 1990; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 213. 1994; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 157. 1995; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 209. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 139. 1997; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 307. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 161. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 141. 1999; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 140. 2002; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 296. 2002; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 241. 2005; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 333. 2009; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 402. 2009.
                                        3. Flora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. I, 1983
                                        4. D K Ved, Suma Tagadur Sureshchandra, Vijay Barve, Vijay Srinivas, Sathya Sangeetha, K. Ravikumar, Kartikeyan R., Vaibhav Kulkarni, Ajith S. Kumar, S.N. Venugopal, B. S. Somashekhar, M.V. Sumanth, Noorunissa Begum, Sugandhi Rani, Surekha K.V., and Nikhil Desale. 2016. (envis.frlht.org / frlhtenvis.nic.in). FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants, Bengaluru. http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=3781

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                                        📚 Meta data
                                        No Data
                                        🐾 Taxonomy
                                        RootRoot
                                        KingdomPlantae
                                        PhylumTracheophyta
                                        ClassEquisetopsida C. Agardh
                                        OrderCaryophyllales Juss. ex Bercht. & J. Presl
                                        FamilyMolluginaceae
                                        GenusMollugo
                                        SpeciesMollugo pentaphylla L.
                                        📊 Temporal Distribution
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