Cleome viscosa L.

Taxonomy: Plantae > Tracheophyta > Equisetopsida > Brassicales > Cleomaceae > Cleome > C. viscosa

Description: Erect profusely branched woody annual herbs. The whole plant viscous with stalked glandular hairs. Leaves 3-5(-7)-foliolate; leaflets sub sessile, elliptic-oblong or obovate to spathulate, base cuneate, margins ciliate, apex obtuse, membranous, glandular pubescent; petiole up to 5 cm long. Racemes terminal, lax, few-flowered, corymbiform. Flowers 1-1.5 cm across; pedicels to 1 cm long, elongate during fruiting. Sepals 4 lanceolate, apex acute, glandular hairy without. Petals 4, yellow, obovate to oblong-spathulate, apex rounded. Stamens 12-18; filaments 6-8 mm long, broadened at tip; anthers linear. Ovary sessile, oblong-cylindric, glandular-hairy; stigma capitate. Capsules linear-oblong, terete, striate, densely glandular hairy. Seeds many, reniform, transversely ridged, reddish-brown.

Flowering and Fruiting: March - July

Uses: The leaves and seeds are used in medicinal applications, in Ayurvedic, Siddha, unani and folk medicines

Cultivation: Wild.

References

http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org

https://indiabiodiversity.org