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[[File:450px-Scoparia dulcis 1.JPG|thumb|right|''Sweet Broom Weed'', ''Scoparia dulcis'']]
'''Scoparia dulcis''' is a species of flowering plant in the plantain family and It is native to the Neotropics but it can be found throughout the tropical and subtropical world.
==Uses==
{{Uses|gastralgiaGastralgia}}, {{Uses|dysenteryDysentery}}, {{Uses|intestinal Intestinal affections}}, {{Uses|feverFever}}, {{Uses|enteritisEnteritis}}, {{Uses|beriberiBeriberi}}, {{Uses|edemaSwelling}}, {{Uses|Diarrhea}}, {{Uses|coughsCough}}, {{Uses|kidney complaintssKidney complaints}}, {{Uses|indigestionIndigestion}}, {{Uses|colicColic}}.<ref name="Uses"/>
==Parts Used==
{{Parts Used|SeedsLeaf}}.<ref name="Karnataka Medicinal Plants"/>
==Chemical Composition==
Palmitic acid, bB-sitosterol, glutinolGlutinol, and a mixture of bB-amyrin and isomultiflorenolIsomultiflorenol<ref name="chemical composition"/>
==Common names==
{{Common names|kn=Manitumbe gida|ml=|sa=|ta=Sarakkotthini|te=POttiboli|hi=Mithi patti, Jaldaniya|en=Sweet Broom Weed, Sweet Broom Wort}}<ref name="Karnataka Medicinal Plants"/>
==Properties==
===Flower===
{{Flower|Unisexual|2-4cm long|white|5|Flowers are Solitary or 2, axillary and Flowering throughout the year. Flowering from May to October}}
===Fruit===
{{Fruit|ellipsoid|7–10 mm|Fruit are globose capsule and Fruiting throughout the year|septicidal|Septicidal, reticulateReticulate|4Fruiting from May to October}}
===Other features===
==List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used==
==Where to get the saplings==
==Commonly seen growing in areas==
{{Commonly seen|Subtropicalarea}}, {{Commonly seen|Tropicalarea}}.
==Photo Gallery==
<references>
<ref name="chemical 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="chemical constituentsHow to plant/cultivate">[https://www.pfaf.org/user/Plant.aspx?LatinName=Scoparia+dulcis Cultivation details]</ref> <ref name="Uses">Karnataka Medicinal Plants Volume - 2 by Dr.M. R. Gurudeva, Page No.585</ref>
<ref name="LeafKarnataka Medicinal Plants">[https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/231128 "morphologyKarnataka Medicinal Plants Volume - 2"]by Dr.M. R. Gurudeva, Page No.584, Published by Divyachandra Prakashana, #45, Paapannana Tota, 1st Main road, Basaveshwara Nagara, Bengaluru. </ref>
</references>
[[Category:Herbs]]
[[Category:Plantaginaceae]]
