Alternanthera sessilis (L.)
CLASSIFICATION
| ORDER | : Caryophyllales |
| FAMILY | : Amaranthaceae |
| GENUS | : Alternanthera Forssk. |
| SPECIES | : sessilis (L.) R.Br. ex DC. |
| BOTANICAL NAME | : Alternanthera sessilis (L.) R.Br. ex DC. |
| SYNONYMS | : Gomphrena sessilis L. |
| COMMON NAME | : Sessile Joyweed |
| TAMIL NAME | : Ponnanganni |
| HINDI NAME | : Garundi, Guroo |
PLANT DESCRIPTION
| HABIT: Herb |
| HABIT : An erect or prostrate herb, 10 - 30 cm tall, rooting at the lower nodes. |
| STEM : Simple or branched, yellowish - green, deep - green or reddish - purple, shining, quadrangular at first, terete when old, with longitudinal row of hairs on two opposite sides and also with transverse lines of hairs at nodes, internodes 4 - 7 cm long. |
| LEAVES : Sessile or sub - sessile, opposite, 1 - 5 x 0.7 - 1.5 cm, elliptic-oblong, obovate - oblong or oblanceolate, rounded, obtuse or sub - acute at apex, tapering or acute at base, entire along the margins, glabrous or thinly hairy. |
| INFLORESCENCE : Spikes |
| FLOWERS : Small, about 1.5 - 2 mm long, whitish or with a pinkish tinge, in axillary globose condensed spikes, anthers 1 - celled. |
| FRUIT : Utricles 2 mm long, obcordate, deeply emarginated, brownish or straw - coloured, glabrous, falling off with the perianth. |
| SEEDS : 1 - 1.5 mm in diameter, glabrous, ovoid. |
| FLOWERING AND FRUITING TIME : Almost throughout the year. |
MEDICINAL USES
| Including Sessile joyweed leaves in your regular diet may cure Gonorrhea condition. This herb can help in curing infertility in the male body. |
| The benefits of Sessile joyweed can be seen in case of cancer as it acts like a resistor to it. The nutritional elements present in this herb get mixed in the blood and destroy the harmful elements in the human body. |
| The herb helps by improving the central nervous system. It also cures other diseases or health problems related to the nervous system. |
| Sessile joyweed can help in curing the inflammation of irritating sensation in the urinary tract. |
| Sessile joyweed also shows its medicinal benefits in Jaundice. |
| Sessile joyweed promotes hair growth. |
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