Smooth Wendlandia is a shrub or small tree. Leaves
are smooth, hairless, elliptic-lanceshaped, narrowed into the stalk.
Flowers are greenish, borne in large spreading panicles. Sepals are
hairless. In Manipur, the flower-clusters are eaten raw with dry
roasted chilly chutney. Smooth Wendlandia is sold in markets during
November-January in bunches. Smooth Wendlandia is found in SE Asia and
parts of NE India.
Medicinal uses: Leafy shoot decoction is given
in cough and dysentery.
Identification credit: Thingnam Sophia
Photographed in Imphal, Manipur.
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