Nagaimudha PRODUCT NAME
Biophytum sensitivum (L.) DC. = Oxalis sensitive Linn. SCIENTIFIC NAME
| Common Name: | Nagaimudha |
| Local Name: | Nagaimudha (Kurumba): Tamil-Tintanali; Sanskrit-Viparitalajju; Hindi-Alm bhusha, Lajjalu; Malayalam-Mukkutti. |
| Family: | Oxalidaceae |
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| Product Description: | A small herb Flower: In terminal umbels, yellow Fruit: A capsule, glandular-pubescent along septa. Seeds 2-4 per cell, acute, concentrically 9 ridged. Whole plant less than 6 inches, branching from more or less the same point |
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| Countries Found: | India Malaysia |
| Description: | Plains upto 1400m in pasture lands. Fallow fields in full sun. Locally abundant. Widely spread in Indo- Malaysian Tropics |
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| Partners: | Keystone Foundation |
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