Botanical name:- Scoparia dulcis
Family name:-SCROPHULARIACEAE
English name :-
Sinhala name:-Wal koththamalli
Tamil name :-
Descriptoin;-Erect, perennial herb; stems up to 60 cm high, 5-6 angular , glabrous. Leaves ternately whorled 1.4- 3.5 0.8 – 1.5cm, tapering to base; petioles up to 9 mm long.Pedicels 5- 7 mm long; corolla white. Capsule subglobose, longer than 3 mm, pale brown. Seeds 0.5 long, dull brown.
Status:-Native
Edible parts:-Leaves and Young stem
Distribution:-Sri L anka, India, Taiwan, Nigeria,
Nicaragua,Central America,Trinidad, Venezuela
Ayurvedic usage:
Treatment for:-Diabetes mellitus, Liver Diseases, Menstrual, Parasitic infections, Ear disease, Eye diseases, Venereal Diseases, Stomach ailments, Vomiting, Leprosy, Noso pharyngeal infection.
Boil this plant and take it as a drink to control diabetes
Parts used to make medicine:-Leaves, Seeds,Roots,Whole plant.
Propagation:-Seeds