WorldFloraDB - Paramollugo nudicaulis

Characteristics

A herb. It does not have a stem. It grows 22 cm high. The leaves are in a ring near the base. The leaves do not have stalks. The leaf blade is oval and cup shaped. It is 1-5 cm long by 0.8-1.5 cm wide. The fruit is an oval capsule. There are many black seeds. They are 0.5-0.7 mm across.

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Annual herb, up to 200 mm tall. Basal leaves persistent, cauline leaves wanting; leaves obovate, sessile, longer than 30 mm. Flowering branches erect, 1-flowered. Flowers greenish white.

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A tropical plant. It grows on the sands of the seashores. In Pakistan it grows as a summer annual up to 1,500 m above sea level. In Zimbabwe it grows up to 920 m above sea level.

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Uses	food gene source material medicinal
Edible	leaves
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