Artanema longifolium

Artanema longifolium is an edible flowering plant species found in tropical Africa, India and South-East Asia. Extracts are used in Ayurveda medicines to treat myositis and nausea. The leaves can also be cooked and eaten as a leafy vegetable.^[1] The roots are root used to treat rheumatism, diarrhea, syphilis and ophthalmitis.^[2]

Artanema longifolium
Artanema longifolium at Periya
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Lamiales
Family:	Linderniaceae
Genus:	Artanema
Species:	A. longifolium
Binomial name
Artanema longifolium (L.) Vatke