Maerua arenaria Health Dictionary

Maerua Arenaria: From 1 Different Sources

Hook. f. & Thoms.

Synonym: M. oblongifolia (Forsk.) A. Rich.

Family: Capparidaceae.

Habitat: Punjab, Sind, Gujarat, Central and Southern India.

Ayurvedic: Morata, Piluparni, Madhusravaa.

Siddha/Tamil: Bhumichakkarai.

Folk: Murhari.

Action: Root—used for bleeding piles, as alterative in fevers; as a tonic in muscular debility.

(The root resembles liquorice root in appearance and taste.)

Health Source: Indian Medicinal Plants
Author: Health Dictionary

(Linn.) J. Persl S C. Persl.

Synonym: Spergula rubra D. Dietr.

Family: Caryophylaceae.

Habitat: Native to Southern France and Malta; found in Punjab and Western Uttar Pradesh.

English: Sand-Spurry, Sandwort, Arenaria Rubra.

Action: Diuretic. Used in cystitis and urethral colic, dysuria and urinary calculi.... spergularia rubra