Scoparia dulcis
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This article is about a plant. For the moth that was described under an identical binomial, see Scoparia benigna.
Scoparia dulcis is a species of flowering plant in the plantain family. Common names include licorice weed,[2] goatweed,[3] scoparia-weed and sweet-broom in English, tapeiçava, tapixaba, and vassourinha in Portuguese, escobillo in Spanish, and tipychä kuratu in Guarani.[4] It is native to the Neotropics but it can be found throughout the tropical and subtropical world.[4]
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Lamiales |
Family: | Plantaginaceae |
Genus: | Scoparia |
Species: | S. dulcis |
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Scoparia dulcis | |
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Although S. dulcis is considered a weed in many parts of India and Bangladesh, its use in traditional medicine has led to overexploitation.[5] The plant is also found as a weed in American citrus groves.[3]