Pedalium murex L.

• Family: Pedaliaceae
• Vernacular names: Aana njerinjil, Kakkamullu, ആനഞെരിഞില്‍, കാക്കമുള്ള് (Malayalam), Bara Gokhru (English), Tiktagokshura (Sanskrit), Anai nerunji (Tamil)
• Distribution: Tropical Africa, Sri Lanka, India and Pakistan
• Description: Diffuse herbs. Leaves simple, opposite, ovate or oblong-obovate. Flowers greenish-yellow. Fruit indehiscent. Seeds 2 or 1 per locule, oblong.
• Habit: Herb
• Habitat: Wastelands
• Flowering & Fruiting: November-December

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• Parts used: Leaves, stem and fruit
• Properties & Uses: Anti-inflammatory, antiulcer and antioxidant. Mixed juice of leaves and stem in cold water is demulcent and used for the treatment of gonorrhea. Leaves are also used for the treatment of ulcers. Fresh leaves and young shoot dipped and kept in few minutes in boiled milk is used as an aphrodisiac. Fruit decoction is used for the irritation of the urinary organs.
• Systems of Medicines: Folk,
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