| HABIT : An annual much-branched herb. |
| LEAVES : Acute, lanceolate, serrate, rounded at base, filiform appendage one on each side at base, stipules triangular. |
| INFLORESCENCE : Cymose |
| WER : Pale yellow, bracteates, pedicels 1-3, short. Sepals oblong, pointed.
Petals oblong-spathulate. Stamens many. Ovary 2-5 celled, style short, stigma papillose.
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| FRUITS : Capsules long, cylindric, erect, 10-ribbed, beaked, 5-valved, seeds black, trigonous. |
| FLOWERING AND FRUITING TIME : September |
| Ayurvedics use the leaves for ascites, pain, piles, and tumors. Elsewhere the leaves are used for cystitis, dysuria, fever, and gonorrhea. The cold infusion is said to restore the appetite and strength. |
| ts leafy vegetable is popularly used in soup preparation and folk medicine for the treatment of fever, chronic cystitis, cold and tumours. |
| The leaves are demulcent, diuretic, febrifuge, and tonic; they are medicinally used in the treatment of chronic cystitis, gonorrhea, and dysuria. A cold infusion is said to restore the appetite and strength. The seeds are purgative. |
