Trigastrotheca pentaphylla (L.) Thulin
Family: Molluginaceae
Taxonomy: Plantae > Tracheophyta > Magnoliopsida > Caryophyllales > Molluginaceae > Trigastrotheca > T. pentaphylla
Common name [English]: Five leaved carpet weed
Vernacular name [Malayalam]:
പർപ്പടകപ്പുവ്
Nativity: India, Sri Lanka
Habitat: Open areas and along banks of streams, also in deciduous forests.
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.
Flowering and Fruiting : July-September
Uses: Folk medicine, Siddha, Traditional chinese medicine
Cultivation : Cultivated
References
http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org
https://indiabiodiversity.org