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The whole plant is used for treating diarrhea.
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Description
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Herbs perennial. Stems prostrate, freely branching, sparsely pubescent, rooting at nodes. Petiole 2-3.5 cm; leaf blade reniform to nearly circular, 0.8-1.5(-2.5) cm in diam., abaxially sparsely appressed pilose, adaxially glabrous. Pedicel erect, shorter than petiole, sharply recurved apically. Calyx broadly campanulate; lobes obovate-oblong to spatulate, 1.5-2 mm, becoming enlarged to 2.5 mm, margin densely pubescent. Corolla yellow, ca. 2 mm, 5-lobed to middle, glabrous. Stamens equal. Ovary pilose. Styles free, slightly unequal. Capsule subglobose, 2-2.6 mm, membranous, sparsely pubescent. Seeds yellow to brown, glabrous. 2n = 24*, 30.
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Distribution
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Anhui, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, ?Qinghai, Sichuan, Taiwan, Xizang, Yunnan, Zhejiang [Japan including Ryukyu Islands, S Korea, Thailand; North America, Pacific Islands, South America]
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Habitat
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Grasslands on mountain slopes, roadsides; 1300-2000 m.
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Synonym
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Dichondra repens var. micrantha (Urban) Lu.
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Derivation of specific name
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micrantha: small-flowered
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- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Dichondra micrantha Urb. Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=147180
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Description
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Prostrate herb, with
slender stems rooting at the nodes. Leaves: petiole 8-70 mm;
lamina 6-29 × 7-36 mm, reniform to
circular, glabrescent above, appressed-hairy beneath; base cordate; apex broadly rounded to emarginate. Flowers on 2-19 mm peduncles. Calyx up to 3 mm, silky outside. Corolla ± as long as calyx, white or greenish. Capsule lobes pilose. Seeds brown.
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- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Dichondra micrantha Urb. Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=147180
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Frequency
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Frequent
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- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Dichondra micrantha Urb. Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=147180
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Worldwide distribution
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Widespread in tropical and subtropical regions.
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- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Dichondra micrantha Urb. Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=147180
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Dichondra micrantha
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Dichondra micrantha: Brief Summary
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Dichondra micrantha é uma espécie de planta com flor pertencente à família Convolvulaceae.
A autoridade científica da espécie é Urb., tendo sido publicada em Symbolae Antillanae seu Fundamenta Florae Indiae Occidentalis 9(2): 243. 1924.
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