Flowering class: Dicot
Habit: Herb
Distribution notes: Exotic
Scoparia dulcis L.
🗒 Synonyms
synonym | Ambulia micrantha Raf. |
synonym | Gratiola micrantha Nuttall |
synonym | Scoparia grandifiora Nash |
synonym | Scoparia gypsophyloides Walp. |
synonym | Scoparia nudicaulis Chod. & Hassl. |
synonym | Scoparia procumbens Jacq. |
synonym | Scoparia purpurea Ridl. |
synonym | Scoparia ternata Forssk. |
🗒 Common Names
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📚 Overview
Description
Erect annual or perennial herbs. Leaves decussate to whorled, 1-3 x 0.5-1.5 cm, obovate-oblong, base attenuate, margin crenate-serrate, apex acute, penninerved, punctate, chartaceous; petiole to 0.7 cm long. Flowers axillary, solitary or 2; pedicels slender 4-7 mm long. Calyx lobes 2-3 mm, ovate-oblong, ciliate along margin. Corolla white 4-6 mm long, rotate, throat densely hairy, lobes spathulate. Stamens 4, subequal, 3-4 mm long. Ovary globose, 2-celled; ovules many; stigma truncate. Capsules 1-2 mm across, globose. Seeds 4-angled, reticulate.
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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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
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Habit: An erect annual herb, upto 50cm.
Keystone Foundation
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
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Habit: Herb/Undershrub
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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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
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📚 Nomenclature and Classification
📚 Natural History
Cyclicity
Flowering and fruiting: Throughout the year
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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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
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Flowering & fruiting : June to September, but in many cases it flowers throughout the year. Commonly in open areas.
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.
Morphology
Flower
Solitary or 2, axillary; white. Flowering throughout the year.
Fruit
An ellipsoid-globose capsule, septicidal; seeds truncate or 4-angled, reticulate. Fruiting throughout the year.
Field tips
Leaves punctate, penninerved.
Leaf Arrangement
Decussate or whorled
Leaf Type
Simple
Leaf Shape
Oblong-elliptic
Leaf Apex
Acute
Leaf Base
Cuneate
Leaf Margin
Serrate
Keystone Foundation
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
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A small erect annual herb with semi-woody stem. Leaves opposite or ternately whorled, rhomboid or elliptic, serrate, punctate, sessile. Flower minute with longer pedicel, axillary, white. Capsule small, globose, green when unripe, red when ripe
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.
Miscellaneous Details
Notes: Plains, Naturalized, Native of Tropical America
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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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
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📚 Habitat and Distribution
General Habitat
Wasteplaces
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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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
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Description
Maharashtra: Nasik, Pune, Raigad,Ratnagiri, Satara, Sindhudurg, Thane
Karnataka: Belgaum, Chikmagalur, Hassan, Mysore, N. Kanara, Shimoga, S. 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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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
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Global Distribution
Native of Tropical America; now 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 |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
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Found along the stream banks and fallows from plains to 400m. Common. Native of tropical america, now pantropic.
Keystone Foundation
Attributions | Keystone Foundation |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
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Global Distribution
India: Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Kerala, Odisha, Manipur, Meghalaya, Uttar Pradesh; America
Local Distribution
Bongaigaon, Barak Valley, Kamrup (Guwahati)
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📚 Occurrence
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📚 Demography and Conservation
📚 Uses and Management
Uses
System of Medicines Used In
Folk 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 |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
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Whole plant is sweet and edible. It is dried in shade and consumed as a tea.
Keystone Foundation
Attributions | Keystone Foundation |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
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System Of Medicines Used In
Folk medicine, Traditional chinese medicine
FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants: http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=2609
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
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Tender leaves are chewed, and are used as vegetable. It is considered highly medicinal specially for diabetic patient
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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📚 Information Listing
References
- Scoparia dulcis L., Sp. Pl. 116. 1753; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 4: 289. 1884; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 964(678). 1924; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 193. 1982; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 286. 1984; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 262. 1985; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 286. 1989; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 196. 1988; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 320. 1988; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 539. 1990; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 326. 1990; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 331. 1994; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 246. 1995; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 324. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 224. 1997; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 477. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 281. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 224. 1999; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 217. 2002; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 484. 2002; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 363. 2005; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 509. 2009; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 586. 2009.
- Flora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. II, 1987
- 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=2609
Information Listing > References
- Scoparia dulcis L., Sp. Pl. 116. 1753; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 4: 289. 1884; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 964(678). 1924; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 193. 1982; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 286. 1984; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 262. 1985; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 286. 1989; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 196. 1988; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 320. 1988; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 539. 1990; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 326. 1990; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 331. 1994; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 246. 1995; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 324. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 224. 1997; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 477. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 281. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 224. 1999; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 217. 2002; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 484. 2002; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 363. 2005; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 509. 2009; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 586. 2009.
- Flora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. II, 1987
- 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=2609
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🐾 Taxonomy
Root | Root |
Kingdom | Plantae |
Phylum | Tracheophyta |
Class | Magnoliopsida |
Order | Lamiales |
Family | Plantaginaceae |
Genus | Scoparia |
Species | Scoparia dulcis L. |
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