Boerhavia diffusa: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Caryophyllales
- Family
- Nyctaginaceae
- Genus
- Boerhavia
- Species
- Boerhavia diffusa
- Scientific Name
- Boerhavia diffusa
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Boerhavia diffusa
Boerhavia diffusa is a species of flowering plant in the four o'clock family which is commonly known as punarnava (meaning that which rejuvenates or renews the body in Ayurveda), red spiderling, spreading hogweed, or tarvine. It is taken in herbal medicine for pain relief and other uses. The leaves of Boerhavia diffusa are often used as a green vegetable in many parts of India.
...Boerhavia diffusa in languages:
- Afrikaans
- Regop boerhavia
- Afrikaans
- rooikleefbossie
- Chinese
- 黃細心
- English
- Wineflower
- English
- red spiderling
- English
- patagon
- English
- Erect Boerhavia
- English
- Spiderling
- Portuguese
- erva-tostão
- Portuguese
- Pega-pinto
- Russian
- Бурхавия раскидистая
- Thai
- ผักขมหิน
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Boerhavia acutifolia
- Boerhavia alata
- Boerhavia albiflora
- Boerhavia anisophylla
- Boerhavia boissieri
- Boerhavia burbidgeana
- Boerhavia ciliata
- Boerhavia coccinea
- Boerhavia cordobensis
- Boerhavia coulteri
- Boerhavia deserticola
- Boerhavia diffusa
- Boerhavia dominii
- Boerhavia elegans
- Boerhavia erecta
- Boerhavia glabrata
- Boerhavia gracillima
- Boerhavia herbstii
- Boerhavia hereroensis
- Boerhavia linearifolia
- Boerhavia maculata
- Boerhavia megaptera
- Boerhavia mutabilis
- Boerhavia pterocarpa
- Boerhavia pulchella
- Boerhavia purpurascens
- Boerhavia repens
- Boerhavia repleta
- Boerhavia spicata
- Boerhavia tetrandra
- Boerhavia torreyana
- Boerhavia traubae
- Boerhavia triquetra
- Boerhavia verbenacea
- Boerhavia weberbaueri
- Boerhavia wrightii
- Boerhavia xantii































































































































































