Pilea microphylla (L.) Liebm.
Pilea microphylla (L.) Liebm.
Family: Urticaceae
Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Streptophyta
Class: Equisetopsida
Subclass: Magnoliidae
Order: Rosales
Family: Urticaceae
Genus: Pilea
Species: microphylla
Common name:
English : Gun powder plant
Description: Succulent herb stem transparent, branches and leaves bifarious, flowers monoecious in small umbellate clusters, male flowers have 4 tepals, free. Female flowers have 2-4 toothed tepals, ovary long, ovoid, stigma sessile with 3small staminodes, fruit is achene
Phenology: May-September
Uses: Used for aesthetic purposes used to cure allergies, infections, gastrointestinal issues and insomnia .
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