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Suaeda nudiflora (Willd)
Moq.
Prostrate herb, having erect branches, immature twigs green but after maturity it becomes reddish Tap roots well developed and deep sunken' tap roots exposed during land erosion Internodes not rigid, solid, woody, rough, terete, green Leaves simple, alternate, exstipulate, sessile, 3 cm long and 0.3 cm width, oblong-lanceolate, green but after maturity it becomes dark red to reddish Spikes at leaf axis, ebracteate, small flowers 0.1 cm long, 0.15 cm across, bisexual, complete, regular, sessile, not showy, erect, hypogynous Tepals 5, polytepalous, rosaceous, inferior, imbricate, ovate, acute, entire, fleshy, green, thick, 0.08 cm long and 0.08 cm wide, equal length, glabrous, persistent Stamens 5, free, filament white, soft, glabrous, terete, 0.1 cm long, basifixed, exerted, anther bilobed, dark yellow, globose, extrorse, 0.05 cm long Carpels 3, syncarpous, ovary superior, 0.05 cm long and 0.05 cm wide, whitish green, succulent, glabrous, single chambered with single ovule, basal placentation Style 3, soft, white, glabrous, terminal, stigma 0
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