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'''Scoparia dulcis''' is a species of flowering plant in the plantain family. Common names include '''''licorice weed''''', '''''goatweed''''', '''''scoparia-weed''''' and '''''sweet-broom''''' in English, '''''tapeiçava''''', '''''tapixaba''''', and '''''vassourinha''''' in Portuguese, '''''escobillo''''' in Spanish, and '''''tipychä kuratu''''' in Guarani.<ref name="int"/> It is native to the Neotropics but it can be found throughout the tropical and subtropical world.

== Medicinal Uses =={{Uses|gastralgia}}, {{Uses|dysentery}}, {{Uses|intestinal affections}}, {{Uses|fever}}, {{Uses|enteritis}}, {{Uses|beriberi}}, {{Uses|edema}}, {{Uses|Diarrhea}}, {{Uses|coughs}}, {{Uses|kidney complaintss}}, {{Uses|indigestion}}, {{Uses|colic}}.

Leaves are used in treatment of fever, cough, bronchitis and dental trouble==Parts Used=={{Parts Used|Seeds}}.

Leaves ==Chemical Composition==Palmitic acid, b-sitosterol, glutinol, and stems are used for diabetes.a mixture of b-amyrin and isomultiflorenol<ref name="chemical composition"/>

==Common namenames=={{Common names|kn=|ml=|sa=|ta=Sarakkotthini|te=|hi=Mithi patti|en=Sweet Broom Weed, Sweet Broom Wort}}

* '''English''' ==Properties==Reference: Dravya - Sweet Broom Weed* '''Kannada''' Substance, Rasa - Taste, Guna - Qualities, Veerya - Potency, Vipaka - Post-digesion effect, Karma - Pharmacological activity, Prabhava - ಮೃಗಾಂಧಿ ಗಿಡTherepeutics.* '''Hindi''' - मीठी पत्ती ===Dravya===

===Rasa===Tikta (Bitter), Kashaya (Astringent)===Guna===Laghu (Light), Ruksha (Dry), Tikshna (Sharp)===Veerya===Ushna (Hot)===Vipaka===Katu (Pungent)===Karma===Kapha, Vata===Prabhava=== ==Habit=={{Habit|Annual plantHerb}} ==Identification=====Leaf==={{Leaf|Simple|Oblong-elliptic|Leaf Arrangement is Decussate or whorled}}<ref name="Leaf"/> ===Flower==={{Flower|Unisexual|2-4cm long|white|5|Flowers are Solitary or 2, axillary and Flowering throughout the year}} ===Fruit==={{Fruit|ellipsoid|7–10 mm|Fruit are globose capsule and Fruiting throughout the year|septicidal, reticulate|4}} ===Other features=== ==List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used==* [[Vishatinduka Taila]] as ''root juice extract'' ==Where to get the saplings====Mode of Propagation=={{Propagation|Seeds}}. ==How to plant/cultivate==A common weed of lowland tropical and subtropical areas, found in areas where it rains all year round and also where there is a prolonged dry season[310 ]. Succeeds in most soils<ref name="How to plant/cultivate"/> ==Commonly seen growing in areas=={{Commonly seen|Subtropical}}, {{Commonly seen|Tropical}}. ==Photo Gallery==<gallery class="left" caption="" widths="140px" heights="140px">Anisillo (in Peru) (3709163233).jpg  Bitterbroom (3709135949).jpg  Bon Dhonya (Bengali- বন ধনিযা) (2661183096).jpg  Broomweed (4825741797).jpg  Chinibuta (in Santal) (3709156161).jpg </gallery> == References ==

<ref name="intchemical composition">[http://www.vjs.ac.vn/index.php/vjchem/article/view/4660 "chemical constituents"]</ref> <ref name="Leaf">[https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/231128 "morphology"]</ref> <ref name="How to plant/cultivate">[https://npgswebwww.ars-grinpfaf.govorg/gringlobaluser/taxonomydetailPlant.aspx?33402 LatinName=Scoparia +dulcis."Cultivation details"]</ref>

== External Links ==* [http://ijpsr.com/bft-article/pharmacognostic-phytochemical-investigation-pharmacological-evaluation-of-scoparia-dulcis-linn-plant-extracts-for-nephro-protective-activity/?view=fulltext Scoparia dulcis]* [http://tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Scoparia+dulcis Scoparia dulcis on useful trophical plants]* [http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Sweet%20Broom%20Weed.html Scoparia dulcis on flowers of india]* [https://www.jircas.affrc.go.jp/project/value_addition/Vegetables/089.html Scoparia dulcis on jircas.affrc.go.jp]