![]() The seeds, soaked in water to prepare an infusion makes a cool drink. ![]() ![]() The leaves and young shoots of sweet broom ( Scoparia dulcis) are used as vegetables.In the Tamil language, Sweet-broom is called ‘kallurukki’, which means stone melter.When made into a tea, Sweetbroom helps to purify the blood.Sweetbroom is used to kill lice and fleas, in Paraguay and to protect against vermin.In Martinique and Trinidad, the plant treats skin rashes.In Guyana, boiling and drinking Sweetbroom is used to treat thrush or yeast infection in adults.Sweetbroom may help to relieve pain and urinary tract infections.A decoction of the plant may be used to treat gonorrhoea and to induce labour.Indigenous tribes of Nicaragua use hot water infusion and/or decoction of Sweetbroom leaves or the entire plant to treat heart problems, fevers, insect bites, malaria, stomach disorders, liver disorders, menstrual disorders, and venereal disease.Combined with milk, it relives vomiting in infants.Skin problems like ulcers, bruises, pimples, eczema and impetigo can be treated by externally using the fresh or dried plants.Sweetbroom has been traditionally used to treat a number of stomach ailments such as stomach ache and diarrhoea.For snakebites and cassava intoxication, Sweetbroom may be used as an antidote.The entire plant is used in the treatment of colds, coughs, nausea, fevers, dizziness.Sweetbroom is commonly used in Brazil to treat wounds and haemorrhoids.In Siddha traditional medicine, it is used to treat kidney stones but requires a rigorous diet method.It is used to treat hypertension in Taiwan.In India, Sweetbroom plants ( Scoparia dulcis) have been used for diabetes.Sweetbroom – Photo By © 2009 Jee & Rani Nature Photography (License: CC BY-SA 4.0), CC BY-SA 4.0, The fruits are brown, ovate capsules about two to three (2–3) mm in diameter and contain numerous powder-like seeds. Flowers range in size of four to five (4–5) mm in diameter, bearing bear four (4) stamens and a pistil each. The plant produces tiny, white flowers while their corollas are actinomorphic, split in four (4). They are obovate, around five to twenty (5–20) mm in length with serrated edges. The leaves of Sweetbroom plants grow in pairs, opposite each other. These are typically pale yellow in colour. Their erect stems are something woody while their roots are straight, with numerous lateral roots. Sweetbroom is a perennial plant, averaging about twenty-five to eighty (25–80) cm in height. The plant also grows in citrus groves in Florida where it is considered a weed. Sweetbroom can be found in countries such as Brazil, Guyana, India Bangladesh and Myanmar. The plant is native to the Neotropics which includes North America, Central America, South America and parts of the West Indies. Sweetbroom – Photo By © 2009 Jee & Rani Nature Photography (License: CC BY-SA 4.0), CC BY-SA 4.0, Origin of Sweetbroom
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