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Synonym
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Canavalia gladiata (Jacq.) DC.
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Family
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Leguminosae
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Local name
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English- Sword bean
Malayalam - Valanga
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Flowering
and fruiting period
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July-December
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Distribution
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Pantropical
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Distribution
in Kerala
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Kottayam,Kasaragode,Kollam,Palakkad, Thiruvananthapuram, Kozhikode
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Uses
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It is used for
the treatment of athlete's foot and acne. It is effective in treating ozena, haemorrhoids,
pyorrhoea, otitis media, boils and cancers, all kinds of inflammatory
diseases and atopic dermatitis.
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Key botanical characters :
Perennial climbers;
stems sparsely pubescent or glabrous. Leaflets 6-18 x 3-9 cm, elliptic or
ovate-elliptic, base cuneate, apex acute or acuminate; stipules deciduous.
Racemes 15-37 cm long, tuberculate. Flowers 3 cm long; pedicels 2-4 mm
long; bracteoles obtuse. Calyx tube sparsely
pubescent; upper lobes 4-5 mm long, turncate; lower 3 mm long. Corolla
pink; suborbiclar; wings long-clawed. Pods linear-oblong. Seeds oblong, compressed,
white.
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