Back حثرة منتشرة Arabic حثره منتشره ARZ Boerhavia diffusa AST गजपुरना Bihari Boerhavia diffusa CEB Boerhavia diffusa German Boerhavia diffusa Spanish Laiuv ämblikrohi Estonian Boerhavia diffusa French पुनर्नवा Hindi
| Boerhavia diffusa | |
|---|---|
| |
Scientific classification 
| |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Nyctaginaceae |
| Genus: | Boerhavia |
| Species: | B. diffusa
|
| Binomial name | |
| 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),[2] red spiderling,[1] spreading hogweed,[1] or tarvine.[1] 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.
- ^ a b c d Cite error: The named reference
grinwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Bhowmik Debjit; Kumar K. P. Sampath; Srivastava Shweta; Paswan Shravan; Sankar Amit; Dutta Dutta (2012). "Traditional Indian Herbs: Punarnava and Its Medicinal Importance" (PDF). Research Journal of Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry. 1 (1): 52–57.