Geophila repens | SMPB Kerala

Family: Rubiaceae
Vernacular names: Karimutthil, Karinkudungal, കരിമുത്തിൾ, കരിങ്കുടങ്ങല്‍ (Malayalam), Kakamaci (Sanskrit),
Distribution: Pantropical
Description: Creeping herbs. Leaves simple opposite, orbicular or broadly ovate to reniform. Flowers yellow, solitary or in few-flowered umbels. Berry globose, scarlet; seeds plano-convex.
Habit: Herb
Habitat: Semi-evergreen and moist deciduous forests, also in sacred groves
Flowering & Fruiting: October-April

Parts used: Whole plant
Properties & Uses: Leaf infusion is used in sore feet; leaves cooked with food for diarrhoea in children. Juice of crushed fruits dripped into eyes for eye infections.
Systems of Medicines: Folk,
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