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Can someone please identify this plant ?? (media.thebrainbin.org)
submitted 11 months ago by to c/biology@mander.xyz
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[–] 5 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (2 children)

I believe that's jewelweed. But next time at least say the region that the plant is in. That can help.

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    • [–] 5 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    These guys are pretty good at plant IDs

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    • [–] 4 points 11 months ago

    Look up seek by inaturalist app

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    [–] 2 points 11 months ago

    Too generic and immature ATM. Is there an older specimen around? Hopefully one with flowers or fruits or seeds?

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    [–] 0 points 11 months ago (6 children)

    How big are the leaves? Does it smell nice when you rub a leaf between your fingers?

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 11 months ago (4 children)

    I have tried out the smell. Every leaf has a smell when crushed. This smell l would call anything but pleasant.

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  • [–] 1 point 11 months ago (3 children)

    In that case it might be something like Achyrates Bidentata or one of its relatives. A lot of those are used in traditional medicine.

    During the Chinese Liang Dynasty, Achyranthes bidentata was used for its abortion effectiveness. Chinese folk doctors would take the juices of crushed up Achyranthes bidentata and insert them into the vagina to induce abortion.[4] This abortive technique was common among folk medicine practitioners in southern China during the Republican period.[5]

    Yikes.

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  • [–] [S] 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (2 children)

    Thanks for the link. It does look pretty similar. Or maybe, it's the same after all. I don't know about the climatic conditions in China - it's vast and expansive. The climatic belt that I live in could well be called tropical, beneath the tropic of Cancer.

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    • [–] 0 points 11 months ago*

    Looks like thai basil but i'm a cook not a botanist. Like @Justas asked, is it fragrant when you rub it together?

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