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Boerhavia diffusa

Scientific name: Boerhavia diffusa L.
Synonym: Boerhavia repens var. diffusa (L.) Hook f.
Synonym 2: Boerhavia coccinea Mill.
Botanical family: NYCTAGINACEAE

Vernacular names

(In territories with significant traditional TRAMIL use)

Martinique:

  • patagon

Geographical distribution

Tropical and subtropical regions.

Botanical description

Perennial herbaceous up to 1 m. Suborbicular leaves, ovate or oval, 2 to 5 cm, apex obtuse to round and sometimes acute, base rounded; they are paler on the underside. Fascicles of flowers arranged in a long panicle, minute flowers, with the calyx from 1.5 to 2 mm and the blade from 0.8 to 0.9 mm in heads forming peaks; purplish-red perianth. Obovoid fruit, 2.5 to 3 mm, 5-angular.

Voucher(s)

Longuefosse&Nossin, 5, HAVPM


Pharmacopoeia

Ed.3

References

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