Bonnaya ciliata

Bonnaya ciliata (Colsm.) Spreng., Syst. Veg., ed. 16 [Sprengel] 1: 41 (1824).

Bonnaya ciliata
Bonnaya ciliata
Bonnaya ciliata
Bonnaya ciliata
Bonnaya ciliata (Colsm.) Spreng., Photo by Nui Rung Mot Minh

The native range of this species is Tropical & Subtropical Asia to N. Australia. It is an annual and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Synonym: 

Lindernia ciliata (Colsm.) Pennell

Vietnamese name:

Lữ đằng lông

Family: 

Scrophulariaceae

Uses: 

Supplement for women after giving birth (whole plant crushed to get juice to drink). Snake bites, injuries from falls, postpartum blood stasis, abdominal pain (whole plant).

Distribution: 

The plant grows in bright and humid places, wastelands, fallow fields, roadsides, gardens, quite common in Vietnam.

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