Oldenlandia corymbosa, Onathumba, Old world diamond-flower, ഓണത്തുമ്പ, പർപടകപ്പുല്ല്

Family: Rubiaceae
Vernacular names: Onathumba, ഓണത്തുമ്പ, പർപടകപ്പുല്ല് (Malayalam), Old world diamond-flower (English), Parpatah (Sanskrit), Parpatagam (Tamil)
Distribution: Pantropical
Description: Prostrate herbs; stem 4-angled. Leaves linear-lanceolate, base attenuate. Flowers 2-6 in a corymb, white. Fruit subglobose, loculicidal, dehiscing at apex only; seeds minute, trigonous.
Habit: Herb
Habitat: Degraded forest areas, also in the plains
Flowering & Fruiting: April-September

Parts used: Whole plant
Properties & Uses: Whole plant is cooling, anthelmintic and febrifuge. Plant juice is used for the treatment of fever, gastric irritability, nervous depression and diseases of the liver.
Systems of Medicines: Ayurveda, Folk,
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