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Five Leaved Carpetweed
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Five Leaved Carpetweed
ative Photo: Dinesh Valke
Common name: Five Leaved Carpetweed, Mollugo • Assamese: পথাৰ সুন্দৰী বন Pathara Sundarai Bana • Bengali: জল পাপরা Jul-Papra, খেত পাপরা Khet-Papra • Dogri: पपोड़ी Papori • Gujarati: ઝરસ Jharas • Hindi: चमस Chamas, झरसी Jharasi, खेत पापड़ Khet Papar, त्रियष्टि Triyashti • Kannada: ಜರಾಸಿ Jaraasi, ಕಾಗೆ ಪುರಳೆ Kaage Purale, ಪರ್ಪಾಟಕ Parpaataka • Khamti: Jaluk Boon • Konkani: झरसी Jharasi, कडवी भाजी Kadvi Bhaji • Malayalam: പർപ്പടകപ്പുല്ല് Parpadakapullu • Marathi: झरसी Jharasi • Mizo: Va-Umim-Bung • Mundari: Pah-Kundla • Nepali: न्याउली Nyaaulee • Odia: ପିତା ଗହମ Pita-Gohun • Rajasthani: चिरमोरा Chirmora • Sanskrit: चमस Chamas, ग्रीष्मसुन्दर Grishmasundara, पर्पटक Parpataka, त्रियष्टि Triyashti • Tamil: சீரகப் பூண்டு Cirakap-Poondu, பாவைக்கீரை Paavai-Keerai • Telugu: వెర్రి చాదరాసి Verri Chatarasi • Tulu: ಪರ್ಪಾಟೊ Parpato • Urdu: چمس Chamas, کهيت پاپڙ Khet Papar, تريشٿي Triyashti Source: Names of Plants in India
Botanical name: Trigastrotheca pentaphylla    Family: Molluginaceae (Carpetweed family)
Synonyms: Mollugo pentaphylla
Five Leaved Carpetweed is an annual weed in cultivated areas, in open grasslands, at low and medium altitudes. Stem, less than a foot tall, and branches are slender and hairless. The leaves are 1.5-3 cm in length, 3-5 mm in width, whorled or opposite, usually linear lancelike, and narrowed at both ends. The flowers are borne in compound cymes, with very slender and very short stalks. The sepals are 1.5-2 mm long. The capsule is as long as the sepals, and nearly spherical, with many seeds which are dark chestnut, thin-walled, and covered with raised tubercular points. Fairly common weed, ascending to 2300 m in the Himalayas. Flowering: September-October.
Identification credit: Dinesh Valke Photographed in Sanjay Gandhi National Park, Mumbai.
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