Trigastrotheca pentaphylla (L.) Thulin

Taxonomy: Plantae > Tracheophyta > Magnoliopsida > Caryophyllales > Molluginaceae > Trigastrotheca > T. pentaphylla

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