Flueggea leucopyrus Willd.
Vernacular name: Bushweed, Ghat baur
Species Name: Flueggea leucopyrus Willd.
Family: Phyllanthaceae
Habit: Perennial shrub
Stem: branches obtusely angular when young, gray; Final branchlets spine-tipped, cylindrical and rigid
Leaf: Leaf blade is elliptic, obovate, or round, papery to thinly leathery, with a rounded tip
Flowering: April-July
Flowers: Cymose inflorescence, Unisexual flowers, Tiny, Yellowish, male flower with 5 sepals, 4-5 stamens, rudimentary ovary present, trifid; female flowers 1-5, ovary 3 celled, style 3, bifid
Fruit: Spherical Berry, white
Uses
- The fruits are locally eaten.
- The leaves made into a paste and mixed with tobacco are used to destroy worms in the sores and wounds. Paste is also used to treat ulcers and boils.
- The plant is a fish-poison.
- Plant has antimicrobial, antioxidant, antiurolithic and diuretic properties.
- Plant is used to prevent and break kidney stones in traditional medicines.
