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English: Scoparia dulcis is a species of flowering plant in the plantain family, Plantaginaceae. Common names include Goatweed, Scoparia-weed and Sweet-broom in English, Tapeiçava, Tapixaba, and Vassourinha in Portuguese, Escobillo in Spanish, and Tipychä kuratu in Guarani. It is native to the Neotropics but it can be found throughout the tropical and subtropical world.
It is a branched herb with wiry stems, growing up to 1 m tall. Narrowly elliptic, almost stalkless leaves are arranged oppositely or in whorls of 3. Leaves are 3-4 X 1-1.5 cm wide, with serrated margins. Small white, hairy flowers occur in leaf axils. The stamens are greenish and the ovary is green. The capsule is nearly round. In the laboratory, extracts of the plant have been shown to have antihyperglycemic, antimicrobial and antioxidant properties Scoparinol, an isolate of the plant, was shown to have analgesic, diuretic, and antiinflammatory activity, as well. Other active principles in the plant have been called scoparic acid, scopadulcic acid, scopadulciol, and scopadulin. |
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Date | 13 December 2009 | ||
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Camera location | 10° 00′ 10.73″ N, 76° 44′ 00.52″ E | View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMap | 10.002981; 76.733478 |
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Camera model | DMC-FZ28 |
Date and time of data generation | 17:43, 13 December 2009 |
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