English: African Chickweed.
Region: east Asia, India, tropical Asia, Australia, New Caledonia. Micronesia.
Habitat: in cultivated areas, rice fields, open grasslands, sandy or stony localities; low and medium altitudes; semi-arid to humid areas.
Content: mollugogenol A, a triterpene.
Use: leaves, cooked, as a pot herb; medicine.
Use: mosquito repellent.
BotanyHerb; erect or prostrate; annual; 20 cm tall.
Root: thin taproot.
Stem: freely branched; thin; 2 to 35 cm long.
Leaves: bitter flavour.