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           Cleaver

People use cleaver's juice for medicinal for wounds,ulcers and other skin problems. A infusion is a benefit in the treatment of glandular fever,tonsillitis,hepatitis and cystitis. The infusion also used to treat liver,bladder and urinary problems.You can eat cleavers too the stem and leaves are edible but they do not work well in salads because they are very sticky. It reproduces by sticking to animals that hit it its sticky seeds fall off
then they grow again and the cycle repeats. It can grow up to 3 m high it has slender 4 angled stems it can also reach up to 6-8 cm rarely 4 around the stem.It has green leaves it also has stems holding white flowers. The cleavers often grows against fences,in hedge grows,crop fields and beneath trees. 

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