Botany
Stems are stout, erect and creeping below. Leaves are lanceolate, 3 to 9 cm long, 1 - 2 cm wide, sessile or petioled. The panicles are short-stalked, pyramidal with long, erect or ascending, many-flowered branches. Flowers are small and subglobose. Sepals are villous and the petals are white, lilac or rosy. Capsules are 2-3 mm long, orbicular or ellipsoid and compressed. Seeds are glaucous.

Distribution
- In wet places along streams at low and medium altitudes, in most or all islands and provinces.
- Also occurs in India to China, through Malaya to tropical Australia.

Parts utilized
Whole plant.

Uses
Folkloric
Juice squeeze into the eyes for sore eyes and ophthalmia.
Plant is used for broken bones.

Availability
Wild-crafted.