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Medicine - Traditionally used in herbal medicine for treating various ailments, including liver disorders, and digestive problems.
Tropical & Subtropical America
Thrives in disturbed areas, wastelands, and along roadsides in tropical and subtropical regions.
It is prostrate or erect annual herb growing up to 50 cm tall.
Stem is slender, reddish-green, often branched.
Leaves are small, obovate or elliptic, measuring approximately 0.5-1 cm long and 0.2-0.5 cm wide, arranged alternately on the stems.
Flowers are tiny, greenish-yellow, both male and female, borne on the same plant.
Fruit is small, round capsule containing seeds.
Flowering and Fruiting: throughout the year.