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Botanical name: Dorstenia contrajerva Family: Moraceae (Mulberry family)
Synonyms: Dorstenia alexiteria, Dorstenia houstonii, Dorstenia quadrangularis
Synonyms: Dorstenia alexiteria, Dorstenia houstonii, Dorstenia quadrangularis
Snakewort is a small evergreen perennial plant with a
creeping rhizome from which emerges a rosette of leaves with long
leaf-stalks. Leaves are variably shaped, with plants with lobed and
unlobed leaves co-occurring in the same populations. Leaves are up to
20 cm long on leaf-stalks up to 25 cm long. When damaged the plant
exudes a white latex. Tiny male and female flowers are distributed
intermixed on a discoid receptacle of convoluted shape. The fruits are
small and contained in a four-edged container. The tiny seeds are
explosively expelled. Snakewort is native to southern Mexico, Central
America, the Caribbean and northern South America including Peru. It is
cultivated worldwide.
Medicinal uses:
In folk medicine in Honduras
the boiled root is used to cure diarrhea, dysentery, and stomach ache.
The slightly roasted and ground root is used to treat intestinal worms
and parasites. The crushed root is mixed with water to treat the bites
of snakes.
Medicinal uses:
In folk medicine in Honduras
the boiled root is used to cure diarrhea, dysentery, and stomach ache.
The slightly roasted and ground root is used to treat intestinal worms
and parasites. The crushed root is mixed with water to treat the bites
of snakes. | Identification credit: N Arun Kumar | Photographed in FRLHT Gardens, Bangalore. |
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