Family Name: Rosaceae
Botanical Name(s): Potentilla reptans
Popular Name(s): Five-Finger Grass, Finger Leaf, Five Fingers,
European Five Finger Grass
Parts Used: Root and leaves
Habitat: Cinquefoil is found in the UK and America.
Description: Cinquefoil is a creeping perennial plant with
trailing stem. Its stem bears petioled leaves which are palmately
divided into five sharp-toothed, obovate to oblanceolate leaflets. Its
flowers grow on long peduncles from the axils of the leaves and are
yellow in colour.
Uses: Cinquefoil has astringent properties. It is used to cure
diarrhoea, chronic catarrhs and night sweats. It is used as a gargle
also.
