1. Plants(Common Noun) A kind of pot herb that grows in the tropical regions of the world, especially tropical America, Africa, Asia and also in temperate Asia. It is known as a noxious weed which grows on roadsides, ditches, swamps, gardens, rice fields and tea plantations . Its leaves and young shoots are eaten as vegetable (1) or cooked in soup. A decoction is recommended as an herbal remedy to treat wounds, flatulence, nausea, vomiting, cough, bronchitis, diarrhea, dysentery and diabetes. Its root can relieve inflamed wounds (2). এবিদ ক্ষুদ্ৰ বন-শাক

English: Alternanthera sessilis_sci , dwarf copperleaf, scarlet hygro, sessile joyweed,
Assamese: নেওঠনীয়া শাক, মাটিকাদুৰি, মাটিগাদুৰি