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Bitter cumin, bitter leaf, Indian chickweed |
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| Vernacular name | Jima | |
| Scientific name | Glinus oppositifolium (L.) A.DC. | |
| Family | Aizoaceae | |
| Season | Kharif | |
| Description | ||
| Plant | Herbs, annual, stellate, pubescent. Stems prostrate to ascending, branching from base. | |
| Leaves | Leaves alternate or whorled; stipules absent. Inflorescences axillary, cymose; cymes dense, reduced. | Photo Gallery |
| Flower | Flowers sessile or short pedicellate ; sepals persistent , 5, basally connate , abaxially stellate-pubescent; petals absent (or 5-20); alternate with sepals, distinct or fascicled; pistils 3-5-locular; terminal , erect , or stigmas sessile. |   |
| Fruit/ seed | Fruits capsular, 3-5-valved. Seeds | |
| Habitat and distribution | Marshy places | |
| Flowering and fruiting | October - April | |
| Associated with | Kharif crops | |
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