Scientific Name Gisekia pharnaceoides
Common Name
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| English |
Sand Herbage
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| Malayalam |
Manalkeera
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| Others |
Manal Sopu,
Manal keerai
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| Tamil |
Manal Keerai
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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.
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