Description:
Scrophulariaceae (scrophularia, or figwort family) »
Scoparia dulcis sko-PAIR-ee-uh -- like a broom DUL-sis -- meaning sweet, tender commonly known as: bitterbroom, broomweed, licorice weed, riceweed, sweet broom • Hindi: मिठी पत्ती mithi patti • Kannada: mrugandhi gida • Peru: anisillo, canchalagua, cancharagua, ñuño pichana, piqui pichana, vacourinha, vassourinha • Spanish: escobilla, hierba del golpe • Thai: krot num • and, other: boroemia, brum sirpi, pottipooli, sibi wiwiri, tapixava, tupixaba, ye gan cao Origin: Tropical America Mithi patti (Hindi: मिठी पत्ती) -- literal meaning - sweet leaf.. a small, much branched, glabrous, leafy annual herb or under-shrub with erect, ascending branches, with opposite leaves, 3-notely whorled, rhomboid, elliptic or elliptic lanceolate, obtuse at apex, base tapering, margins serrate.. many small white flowers.. globose brownish capsules with many minute seeds.. medicinal use, in India for diabetes, dysentery, earache, fever, headaches, jaundice, snake bite, stomach problems, toothache, warts.. Date: 9 June 2007, 10:55. Source:
Scoparia dulcis. Author:
Dinesh Valke from Thane, India. Camera location
19° 16′ 16.21″ N, 72° 59′ 17.12″ E View all coordinates using:
OpenStreetMap 19.271169; 72.988089.