Cleome rutidosperma DC. India

☘️ Cleome rutidosperma DC. 

▪️Family: Cleomaceae

▪️Common name: Fringed Spider Flower

▪️Habit : Herb

▪️Habitat : Occurs in forests and disturbed or abandoned land also in roadsides

▪️Fl. & Fr. : May-November

▪️Uses: The leaves of Cleome rutidosperma are collected from the wild and eaten as a cooked vegetable or added to soup.

✔️ Medicinal uses: Leaf sap is used in earache and leaf extract is used to treat irritated skin.

By Sweta Mishra