Botany
Tufted, slender, glabrous, flaccid annual, 40-60 cm in height. Leaves are basal, distichous, about 40 cm long. Umbels are decompound, lax, 6-10 cm long. The spikelets are small, globose, 2-5 mm long, pale brown, mostly slenderly pedicelled; some, sessile. Nuts are obovoid, 0.5 mm long.

Distribution
Ubiquitous paddy weed throughout the Philippines, in open, wet places.

Parts used
Leaves

Uses
Poulticed leaves for fever.

Commercial availability
Wild-crafted.