Shweta / Erect Spiderling
Boerhavia erecta
- Habit
- Herb
- Found in India
- Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu & more
- Flowering
- Throughout the year
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Boerhavia erecta
- Genus
- Boerhavia
- Family
- Nyctaginaceae
- Habit
- Herb
- Habitat
- Deciduous forests and wasteland
- Distribution
- Pantropical weed
- Found in India
- Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Puducherry, Uttarakhand, West Bengal
- Flowering & fruiting
- Throughout the year
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Whiterecorded
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Cyme
- Fruit
- Achene
Characters marked “recorded” are for Shweta itself; the rest are typical of the Nyctaginaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Hindi
- श्वेता shweta
- Telugu
- అడవి మామెన, అటకమామిడి
About Shweta
A member of the Nyctaginaceae family, Erect Spiderling (Boerhavia erecta) is a herb. In India it has been recorded in Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu and 9 other states. It grows in deciduous forests and wasteland. It flowers and fruits through much of the year.
Uses
In practice it is grown for parts that are eaten and long used in traditional medicine. Those medicinal uses are traditional attributions, not medical advice.
Nyctaginaceae
Four-O'clock Family
Shweta belongs to the Nyctaginaceae family.
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