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Breynia retusa (Dennst.) Alston
Synonym
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Breynia angustifolia
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Family
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Euphorbiaceae
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Local name
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Malayalam-Aattacherukola
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Flowering and
fruiting period
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February-September
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Distribution
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Sri Lanka to
Indo-China
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Distribution in
kerala
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All Districts
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Habitat
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Semi-evergreen and deciduous forests,
also in the plains
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IUCN Status
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LC
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Uses
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Breynia retusa is
galactagogue, astringent and spasmogenic. The fresh plant juice is given as
eye drop in eye diseases and conjunctivitis. ... The leaves juice is used in
skin inflammation, skin diseases and taken for swollen testicles.
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Key botanical characters:
Shrubs, 1-1.5 m
high. Leaves simple, alternate, 1.3-2.5 x 0.7-1.3 cm, broadly elliptic or
ovate, apex obtuse, base rounded or acute, glaucous below, black on drying;
petiole to 2 mm long. Flowers unisexual, solitary, axillary. Male flowers 3
mm across; pedicels 1 mm long; perianth turbinate, 3-4 mm long, truncate;
lobes 5-6; stamens 3. Female flowers 5-6 mm across; pedicels 3-4 mm;
perianthcampanulate, 3-4 mm long, 5-6-lobed; ovary globose; stigma bifid.
Capsule 1.2-1.5 cm across, depressed globose, orange-red on ripening,
subtended by the enlarged fruiting perianth.
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