Ammannia baccifera
Linn.
Blistering ammania, Dadmari
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Leaves, POISONOUS
Young leaves are cooked as a vegetable.
Known Hazards
Where to Find It
It is a tropical plant. It grows in wet swampy places. It can be in rice fields. It is damaged by frost and drought.
Afghanistan, Africa, Asia, Australia, Benin, Bhutan, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Caribbean, Central Asia, China, East Africa, Himalayas, India, Indochina, Laos, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, PNG, Philippines, Rwanda, SE Asia, Tajikistan, Thailand, Vietnam, West Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe,
How to Identify
A herb. It grows 7-32 cm high. The stems can be erect or lie along the ground. The leaves often droop. They are broadly sword shaped. They are 1-47 mm long by 1-9 mm wide. The flowers are small and white. They are in small clusters in the axils of the leaves. The fruit are flattened round capsules.
Nutrition Score: 31/100
| Part | Moisture | kJ | kcal | Protein | Vit A | Vit C | Iron | Zinc |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leaves | 90.9 | 105 | 25 | 3.6 | — | — | 6.4 | — |
How to Grow
Plants can be grown by seed.
Medicinal Uses
The plant is used as medicine.
Wikipedia
Source ↗Ammannia baccifera, also known as the monarch redstem or blistering ammannia is a species in the family Lythraceae. It is widespread in the tropical regions of Asia, America and Africa. It has been naturalized in Spain. It is annual and herbaceous, and can be found in marshes, swamps, rice fields and water courses at low elevations. It is considered endangered in Israel, but because it is widespread and common elsewhere, the IUCN considers it to be 'Least Concern'. The plant Ammannia baccifera Linn. is erect, branched, smooth, slender, annual, more or less purplish herb 10 to 50 centimeters in height. The stems are somewhat 4-angled. The leaves are oblong, oblanceolate, or narrowly elliptic, about 3.5 centimeters long – those on the branches very numerous, small, and 1 to 1.5 centimeters long – with narrowed base and pointed or somewhat rounded tip. The flowers are small, about 1.2 millimeters long, greenish or purplish, and borne in dense axillary clusters. The capsules are nearly spherical, depressed, about 1.2 millimeters in diameter, purple, and irregularly circumscribes above the middle. The seeds are black (Nadkarni, 1982).
Notes
There are about 30 Ammannia species. It is used as medicine.
Names & Synonyms
Aginbuti, Dadmari, Dhan bhaji, Kalluruvi, Kanyut, Karanfui, Umugarura
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