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High quality Plant of Mukunuwenna Plant (Alternanthera sessilis) grown in Sri Lanka without any chemical fertilizers.

Manufactured and distributed by a Sri Lankan government registered company.

 

What is Alternanthera sessilis?

Alternanthera sessilis is a low-growing perennial herb in the family Amaranthaceae. Its stems are prostrate and spreading, often rooting at the nodes where they touch moist ground, which allows the plant to colonise damp habitats quickly. The leaves range from obovate to broadly elliptic — occasionally linear-lanceolate — and measure roughly 1–15 cm long and 0.3–3 cm wide. They are glabrous to sparsely villous and attach to short petioles of 1–5 mm.

Flowers appear in sessile spikes with shiny white bracts and bracteoles. In the wild, flowering typically occurs from December through March. The plant thrives in wet or damp environments throughout the tropical and subtropical regions of the Old World and has been introduced to the southern United States. Its status in Central and South America remains uncertain among botanists.

Outside Sri Lanka the plant carries a range of regional names: ponnanganni in Tamil, ponnaganti aaku in Telugu, honnagone in Kannada, and Matikaduri in Assamese. In English it is sometimes called sessile joyweed or dwarf copperleaf.

 

Medicinal Properties

Alternanthera sessilis is formally listed in the catalogue of Ayurvedic medicinal plants of Sri Lanka, reflecting centuries of documented therapeutic use. Traditional Ayurvedic texts attribute diuretic, cooling, tonic, and mild laxative properties to the plant. It has historically been used in the management of dysuria (painful urination) and haemorrhoids.

The plant is also believed to benefit eye health — a property echoed across several Asian herbal traditions. In parts of South Asia it is an ingredient in formulations for medicinal hair oils and Kajal (kohl), the traditional eye cosmetic. These applications align with the broader Ayurvedic principle of using cooling, pitta-reducing herbs to address heat-related conditions of the eyes and skin.

Those interested in Sri Lanka's rich tradition of botanical medicine will find mukunuwenna a useful entry point into the island's Ayurvedic pharmacopoeia, which encompasses hundreds of indigenous and naturalised plants.

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