Spermacoce hispida L.

• Family: Rubiaceae
• Vernacular names: Tharthavel, Natthachoori, താർതാവൽ, നത്തച്ചൂരി (Malayalam), Bukah (Sanskrit), Nattai-churi, Nattaiccunti (Tamil)
• Distribution: Peninsular India
• Description: Erect herbs; stem bluish and hispid. Leaves oblong-elliptic to obovate. Flowers pinkish-white, in axillary verticillate cymes. Capsule subglobose, hispid without; seeds 2, grooved; septum detaching from coccus.
• Habit: Herb
• Habitat: Open areas and sandy low lands
• Flowering & Fruiting: May-August

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• Parts used: Whole plant
• Properties & Uses: Extract of whole plant is used in diarrhea, dyspepsia, general debility and dysentery. Seeds are used to treat diarrhea and dysentery.
• Systems of Medicines: Ayurveda, Folk,
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