Cleome rutidosperma DC
Family – Cleomaceae
Common name – Fringed spider flower
➡️ It is mainly found in humid areas, moist area, waste grounds.
➡️ It has trifoliate leaves, and small blue, violet with whitish patches flower, which turns pink as they age.
Medicinal uses –
🌸 Leaf sap is applied for earache, ear-inflammation.
🌸 In South Nigeria a leaf extract is used to treat irritated skin, prickly heat, convulsions.
🌸 In Zaire, Cleome rutidosperma is used for deafness.
🌸 The root were used as hypoglycemic effect and anthelmintic activity.
🌸 Anti-oxidant, anti-plasmodial, analgesic, locomotory, anti-microbial, diuretic, laxative, anthelmintic and anti-diabetic activity.
Sugimani Marndi
Biodiversity and Conservation Lab.
Ambika Prasad Research Foundation
Cuttack, Odisha