Biophytum reinwardtii (Zucc.) Klotzsch.

• Family: Oxalidaceae
• Vernacular names: Mukkutti, മുക്കുറ്റി (Malayalam), Lajjalu (Sanskrit),
• Distribution: Indo-Malesia and China
• Description: Erect herbs. Leaves 12-17 jugate. Flowers yellow, umbellate in many flowered axillary peduncles. Fruits glandular hairy on the ribs; seeds 1-2 per cell, transversely ridged and tubercled.
• Habit: Herb
• Habitat: Moist deciduous forests and plantations, also in the plains
• Flowering & Fruiting: July-December

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• Parts used: Whole plant
• Properties & Uses: Whole plant is used for the treatment of urinary calculi, fever, wounds, snake bite and asthma.
• Systems of Medicines: Ayurveda, Unani,
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