Scoparia dulcis L.

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🗒 Synonyms

synonym	Ambulia micrantha Raf.
synonym	Gratiola micrantha Nuttall
synonym	Scoparia grandifiora Nash
synonym	Scoparia gypsophyloides Walp.
synonym	Scoparia nudicaulis Chod. & Hassl.
synonym	Scoparia procumbens Jacq.
synonym	Scoparia purpurea Ridl.
synonym	Scoparia ternata Forssk.

🗒 Common Names

Assamese	Bon chini Bon-dhonia Modhu-mehari
Bengali	বন ধনিযা Bon Dhonya
English	Liquorice weed Sweet broomweed Sweet broom weed
Hindi	मिठी पत्ती Mithi Patti
Kannada	ಮ್ಱುಗಮ್ಧಿ ಗಿಡ Mruganmhi Gida
Malayalam	Kallurukki Karakanjavu Meenanganni
Marathi	डुळस Dulas
Other	Bitterbroom Broomweed Chinibuta Jastmadhu Licorice Weed Mundari Madhukam Rice-weed Sarakkotthini Sarkarai vaembu Sweet-broom Sweet Broom Weed घोड़ा तुलसी Ghoda Tulsi पातले मिश्री Patale Mishri
Tamil	Sarakkotthini
bodo	Bongphang Rakhib

📚 Overview

Overview

Summary

Brief

Flowering class: Dicot Habit: Herb Distribution notes: Exotic

Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi

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Diagnostic

Diagnostic Keys

Description

Erect annual or perennial herbs. Leaves decussate to whorled, 1-3 x 0.5-1.5 cm, obovate-oblong, base attenuate, margin crenate-serrate, apex acute, penninerved, punctate, chartaceous; petiole to 0.7 cm long. Flowers axillary, solitary or 2; pedicels slender 4-7 mm long. Calyx lobes 2-3 mm, ovate-oblong, ciliate along margin. Corolla white 4-6 mm long, rotate, throat densely hairy, lobes spathulate. Stamens 4, subequal, 3-4 mm long. Ovary globose, 2-celled; ovules many; stigma truncate. Capsules 1-2 mm across, globose. Seeds 4-angled, reticulate.

Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi

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Habit: An erect annual herb, upto 50cm.

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Habit: Herb/Undershrub

G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram

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SubSpecies Varieties Races

Diagnostic Keys

Description

No Data

📚 Nomenclature and Classification

Nomenclature and Classification

Taxon Record Name

References

Type Information

No Data

📚 Natural History

Natural History

Life Cycle

Cyclicity

Flowering and fruiting: Throughout the year

Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi

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Flowering & fruiting : June to September, but in many cases it flowers throughout the year. Commonly in open areas.

Wild edible plants of Assam. by Sri Brahmananda Patiri and Sri Ananta Borah, published by the Director Forest Communication, Forest Department, Assam. Curated for upload by Pranjal Mahananda.

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Flower

Solitary or 2, axillary; white. Flowering throughout the year.

Fruit

An ellipsoid-globose capsule, septicidal; seeds truncate or 4-angled, reticulate. Fruiting throughout the year.

Field tips

Leaves punctate, penninerved.

Leaf Arrangement

Decussate or whorled

Leaf Type

Simple

Leaf Shape

Oblong-elliptic

Leaf Apex

Acute

Leaf Base

Cuneate

Leaf Margin

Serrate

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A small erect annual herb with semi-woody stem. Leaves opposite or ternately whorled, rhomboid or elliptic, serrate, punctate, sessile. Flower minute with longer pedicel, axillary, white. Capsule small, globose, green when unripe, red when ripe

Wild edible plants of Assam. by Sri Brahmananda Patiri and Sri Ananta Borah, published by the Director Forest Communication, Forest Department, Assam. Curated for upload by Pranjal Mahananda.

Attributions	Wild edible plants of Assam. by Sri Brahmananda Patiri and Sri Ananta Borah, published by the Director Forest Communication, Forest Department, Assam. Curated for upload by Pranjal Mahananda.
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Miscellaneous Details

Notes: Plains, Naturalized, Native of Tropical America

G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram

Attributions	G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
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No Data

📚 Habitat and Distribution

Habitat and Distribution

General Habitat

Wasteplaces

Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi

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Forest, paddy fields, wastelands

Dr. Chandra Barooah & Iftikher Ahmed (2014) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.

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Distribution

Description

Maharashtra: Nasik, Pune, Raigad,Ratnagiri, Satara, Sindhudurg, Thane Karnataka: Belgaum, Chikmagalur, Hassan, Mysore, N. Kanara, Shimoga, S. Kanara Kerala: All districts Tamil Nadu: All districts

G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram

Attributions	G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
Contributors	G Renu Sanjana Julias Thilakar D. Narasimhan
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Found along the stream banks and fallows from plains to 400m. Common. Native of tropical america, now pantropic.

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Global Distribution

Native of Tropical America; now Pantropical

Indian distribution

State - Kerala, District/s: All Districts

Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi

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Global Distribution

India: Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Kerala, Odisha, Manipur, Meghalaya, Uttar Pradesh; America

Local Distribution

Bongaigaon, Barak Valley, Kamrup (Guwahati)

Dr. Chandra Barooah & Iftikher Ahmed (2014) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.

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Endemic Distribution

No Data

📚 Occurrence

Occurrence

No Data

📚 Demography and Conservation

Demography and Conservation

Protection Legal Status

No Data

📚 Uses and Management

Uses and Management

Uses

System of Medicines Used In

Folk medicine

Traditional chinese medicine

Medicinal

Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi

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Whole plant is sweet and edible. It is dried in shade and consumed as a tea.

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System Of Medicines Used In

Folk medicine, Traditional chinese medicine

FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants: http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=2609

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Tender leaves are chewed, and are used as vegetable. It is considered highly medicinal specially for diabetic patient

Wild edible plants of Assam. by Sri Brahmananda Patiri and Sri Ananta Borah, published by the Director Forest Communication, Forest Department, Assam. Curated for upload by Pranjal Mahananda.

Attributions	Wild edible plants of Assam. by Sri Brahmananda Patiri and Sri Ananta Borah, published by the Director Forest Communication, Forest Department, Assam. Curated for upload by Pranjal Mahananda.
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Folklore

Management

No Data

📚 Information Listing

Information Listing

Species Resources

Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (IUCN)

Encyclopedia of Life (EOL)

Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)

National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI)

References

Flora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. II, 1987

D K Ved, Suma Tagadur Sureshchandra, Vijay Barve, Vijay Srinivas, Sathya Sangeetha, K. Ravikumar, Kartikeyan R., Vaibhav Kulkarni, Ajith S. Kumar, S.N. Venugopal, B. S. Somashekhar, M.V. Sumanth, Noorunissa Begum, Sugandhi Rani, Surekha K.V., and Nikhil Desale. 2016. (envis.frlht.org / frlhtenvis.nic.in). FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants, Bengaluru. http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=2609

Scoparia dulcis L., Sp. Pl. 116. 1753; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 4: 289. 1884; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 964(678). 1924; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 193. 1982; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 286. 1984; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 262. 1985; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 286. 1989; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 196. 1988; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 320. 1988; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 539. 1990; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 326. 1990; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 331. 1994; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 246. 1995; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 324. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 224. 1997; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 477. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 281. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 224. 1999; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 217. 2002; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 484. 2002; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 363. 2005; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 509. 2009; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 586. 2009.

Information Listing > References

Flora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. II, 1987
D K Ved, Suma Tagadur Sureshchandra, Vijay Barve, Vijay Srinivas, Sathya Sangeetha, K. Ravikumar, Kartikeyan R., Vaibhav Kulkarni, Ajith S. Kumar, S.N. Venugopal, B. S. Somashekhar, M.V. Sumanth, Noorunissa Begum, Sugandhi Rani, Surekha K.V., and Nikhil Desale. 2016. (envis.frlht.org / frlhtenvis.nic.in). FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants, Bengaluru. http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=2609
Scoparia dulcis L., Sp. Pl. 116. 1753; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 4: 289. 1884; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 964(678). 1924; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 193. 1982; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 286. 1984; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 262. 1985; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 286. 1989; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 196. 1988; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 320. 1988; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 539. 1990; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 326. 1990; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 331. 1994; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 246. 1995; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 324. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 224. 1997; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 477. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 281. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 224. 1999; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 217. 2002; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 484. 2002; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 363. 2005; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 509. 2009; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 586. 2009.