Aizoaceae 

Amaranthaceae 

Asclepiadaceae 

Asteraceae


Boraginaceae

Capparidaceae

Caryophyllaceae

Chenopodiaceae

Convolvulaceae

Cucurbitaceae

Cyperaceae

Euphorbiaceae

Malvaceae

Mimosaceae

Molluginaceae

Myrtaceae 

Nyctaginaceae 

Papilionaceae


Poaceae 

Scientific Name Gisekia pharnaceoides

Scientific Name                           Gisekia pharnaceoides 

Common Name

English	Sand Herbage
Malayalam	Manalkeera
Others	Manal Sopu, Manal keerai
Tamil	Manal Keerai

 

 Descriptio:

 

Prostrate and creeping herbs, several branches from above the strong tap root portion, reddish , rooting at nodes. Leaves opposite or apparently whorled, unequal,1.5-3 x 0.5-1 cm, obovate-spathulate, base cuneate, apex obtuse, apiculate, reddish to green, fleshy, pubescent; petiole to 3 mm long. Flowers in axillary fascicles or cymes, greenish-white; pedicels filiform, 5-8 mm long. Sepals 5, green, c. 2 mm long, broadly elliptic to suborbicular, concave, obtuse. Petals absent. Stamens 5; filaments broadening to base. Ovary of 5 free carpels, each with a single ovule, styles 5. Capsule 5-celled, c. 2 mm long, papillose, indehiscent. Seeds reniform, minutely pitted, compressed, dark red or black.