Distribution and Habitat: It is distributed in tropics, sub-tropics, Africa and Asia

Botany: An erect or prostrate, many-branched undershrub, 30-60 cm in height, wooly, tomentose throughout. 

• Leaves: Simple, alternate, ovate to orbicular, 2-2.5 by 1-1.6 cm on the main stem, obtuse or acute, entire, pubescent more or less white with cottony hairs beneath,   short petioled, petioles 3-6 mm long, densely tomentose, usually smaller in the flowering branches.
• Flowers: Very small, often crowded, sessile, bisexual, greenish or white often clustered in spikes;   bractioles 1.25 mm long, membranous, broadly ovate, apiculate. Perianth 1.5-1.25 mm long, sepals oblong, obtuse, silky hairy on the back.  Stamens 5, filaments connate at the base with alternating linear staminodes; stigmas 2.
• Fruits: Greenish, roundish, compressed utricle; seeds kidney shaped, 0.85 mm diameter, smooth and polished, with shining black.                                                                               

Properties: Anthelmintic, diuretic, anti-inflammatory, anti-bacterial

Chemical constituents: β-sitosteryl palmitate, α-amyrin and β-sitosterol

Uses:  It is a diuretic. Used in the treatment of diabetes, lithiasis, headache and pregnancy-associated hemorrhage. The flowers are used to treat gonorrhea and kidney stones. It is used as  a vermifuge for children.

Propagation: Seeds