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Go BackPhyla nodiflora
| BINOMIAL NAME | Phyla nodiflora |
| COMMON NAME | Frog fruit |
| FAMILY | Verbenaceae |
| TAMIL NAME | பொடுதலை |
| HABIT | Perennial herb |
| MORPHOLOGY | A small, perennial herb with stems creeping. Leaves are Small, opposite, spathulate, base cuneate, apex rounded, upper part deeply serrate, hairy. Inflorescence is an Axillary globose heads which later on elongate and become spicate. Flowers are Closed, bracteates, bracts elliptic or obovate. Calyx: deeply bilabiate, compressed, hairy. Corolla: white pale-blue, bilabiate, upper lip erect, bifid, the lower 3-lobed, the central lobe the largest. Stamens 4, didynamous, included. Ovary 2-celled, ovules 2, stigma oblique. Fruits are Drupe dry. Generally found near moist places and river beds. |
| MEDICINAL PROPERTIES | ❖ Relieves pain in knee joints, and promotes bowel movement. ❖ Used in the treatment of ulcers, boils, swollen cervical glands. ❖ Used in the treatment of gonorrhea. ❖ Fights against liver disorders, controls dandruff and indigestion in children. |
| SOURCE | A Review on Phyla nodiflora Linn.: A wild wetland medicinal herb (researchgate.net) Leon Levy Native Plant Preserve - Plant Listings - Phyla nodiflora (levypreserve.org) Phyla nodiflora (Texas frogfruit) | Native Plants of North America (wildflower.org) |
