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 Sansevieria  roxburghiana Schult.&Schult.f.

Synonym	:	Acyntha roxburghiana (Schult. & Schult.f.) Kuntze
Family	:	DRACAENACEAE
Local name	:	English- Indian bow string hemp
Flowering and fruiting period	:	December-February
Distribution	.	Coromandel coast
Distribution in Kerala	:	All Disticts
Habitat	:	Dry deciduous forests, also in the plains
Uses	:	Traditionally it is used as a cardiotonic, expectorant, febrifuge, purgative, tonic in glandular enlargement and rheumatism et
Key botanical characters: Herbs. Leaves basal, 30-60 x 1-1.5 cm, sessile, subterete at base, apex flat, fleshy, base sheathing, sessile. Racemes to 40 cm long; bracts 6 x 3 mm, lanceolate; flowers 3-5 in a cluster; perianth tube to 1 cm, lobes 6, 1 x 0.5 mm, greenish, tinged purple, 1-nerved, base tapering; stamens attached near the middle of the perianth lobes; ovary 3-celled,1.5 mm, obovoid, ovule solitary in each cell, stigma simple. Berry 5 mm across, globose.