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 Thottea siliquosa (Lam.) Ding Hou

Synonym	:	Apama siliquosa Lam.
Family	:	ARISTOLOCHIACEAE
Local name	:	Malayalam- .  Alpam
Flowering and fruiting period	:	Throughout the year
Distribution	:	Peninsular India and Sri Lanka
Distribution in kerala	:	All Districts
Habitat	:	Evergreen and semi-evergreen forests.
Uses	:	The roots are reputed in the indigenous system of medicine as a cure for diarrhoea and dysentery. They are reported to be efficacious in
Key Botanical Characters:  Shrubs, branchlets angled. Leaves simple, alternate, , elliptic-oblong, inequilateral,. Flowers in axillary fascicles, 1-5 together, ; perianth lobed, united into a cup, acute, purplish-brown, lined inside. Stamens 12, united in 3 groups. Ovary 4-celled;; stigma peltate, many-lobed.; seeds  long, trigonous, rugose