1137

 Hemigraphis alternata (Burm.f.) T. Anderson

 

Synonym

:

Ruellia colorata Blume

Family

:

ACANTHACEAE

Local name

:

Malayalam- . Murikootti

English-Red ivy

Flowering and fruiting period

:

February-May

Distribution

:

Native of Central America

Distribution in kerala

:

All Districts

Habitat

:

 Grown as garden plant

Uses

:

used to promote urination, check and heal hemorrhages, stop dysentery, and treat venereal diseases.

Key Botanical Characters:

 It is a prostrate plant with attractive purple colored leaves. Leaves are opposite, ovate, 4.5-8 cm wide, with a somewhat blunt tip and rounded and heart shaped base with toothed margins. Flowers are white, found in terminal spikes up to 7 cm long. Flowers are tubular, cylindrical below, Swollen above, 1.0-1.5 cm long and 5 lobed.



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