Oldenlandia corymbosa

• Botanical Name : Oldenlandia corymbosa L.
• Common Name : Parpata, Pitpapdo, Diamond Flower
• Plant Family : Rubiaceae
• Plant Form : Herb
• Occurrence (Sectors) : 1, 5, 10, 15-17, 22, 25, 26, 29, 30
• Occurrence (Special Areas) : Gujarat Forestry Research Foundation, Indroda Park, Ayurvedic Udyan, Infocity, Basan, Aranya Van

About Oldenlandia corymbosa Plant :

• Habit : A small herb, weed.
• Leaves : Subsessile, linear-lanceolate, acute, recurved and hairy margins, stipulate, stipules membranous, truncate with a few bristles.
• Inflorescence : Axillary solitary.
• Flowers :
  • White, small peduncles, pedicels 2-3 on the top, bract single below the pedicels.
  • Calyx teeth 4, triangular, corolla lobes 4, acute, valvate.Stamens 4, in the throat of the corolla.
  • Ovary 2-celled, ovules many, stigmas 2, linear.
• Fruit : Capsule globose, seeds many.
• Flowering and Fruiting Time : August - October
• Significance :
  • A common weed everywhere.
  • It is used in jaundice and diseases of the liver.