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Oldenlandia auricularia (L.) K.Schum.

Synonym	:	Hedyotis auricularia L.
Family	:	Rubiaceae
Local name	:	Malayalam- Erachiketti
Flowering and fruiting period	:	October-December
Distribution	:	Indo-Malesia
Distribution in kerala	:	All Districts
Habitat	:	Degraded forests and in the plains
Uses	:	Medicinal
Key botanical characters: Diffuse to trailing hers; stem 4-angled, bluish, villous when young. Leaves 2-7 x 1-2.5 cm, elliptic-ovate or elliptic-lanceolate, base rounded or cuneate, apex shortly acuminate, lateral nerves 4 or 5 pairs, glabrous; stipules broadly ovate, pectinate on margins. Flowers fascicled at axils; pedicels c. 1 mm long. Calyx tube c. 1 mm long, 4-lobed. Corolla white, campanulate; tube c. 1 mm long; lobes 4, reflexed, hairy at throat. Stamens 4, included. Capsule c. 2 mm across, globose, pubescent, indehiscent. Seeds many, black, 3-angled.