This plant has dark purple-lavender flowers with a pale center and only blooms in 1 day. Can grow anywhere, on the side of the road, in grass fields, in dry or wet places. This plant comes from America, but can also be found in Indonesia. Generally, this plant is used as an ornamental plant or part of flower arrangements and is traded freely. In America, this plant extract can be used to treat malaria. Leaf tea or leaf juice is used to relieve fever, dysentery, pain, liver disease and diabetes (in Peru). Research results show that this plant has anti-inflammatory properties.

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