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Grasslike Zornia
Zornia gibbosa
Zornia gibbosa is a small herb with 2-foliolate leaves and lance-shaped leaflets (up to 2.5 cm) marked with black glands. Its yellow flowers are enclosed in leafy bracts and borne in spikes of four. The pods are 3–6 jointed and densely prickly. It is native across a wide area of tropical and subtropical Asia, from Pakistan and India to Japan and New Guinea.
From the article Zornia gibbosa on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
At the table
In traditional Indian medicine, the herb is used to treat dysentery, while the roots are given to children as a mild sedative. In many places it is considered as a weed.
== References ==
Wikipedia: “Uses”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 787020.