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Canscora perfoliata Lam.
Synonym
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Canscora grandiflora
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Family
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Gentianaceae
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Local name
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Malayalam - Kanchenchedi
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Flowering
and fruiting period
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November-February
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Distribution
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Western Ghats
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Distribution
in Kerala
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Wayanad, Palakkad, Kottayam, Kozhikode, Kollam, Idukki,
Pathanamthitta, Malappuram, Kannur, Thiruvananthapuram, Thrissur
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Habitat
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Wet areas in moist deciduous forests among grasses
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Uses
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It
is having antioxidant activity.
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Key botanical characters :
Dichotomously branched herbs, stem
4-winged. Leaves opposite, lanceolate, acute, basally
3-nerved, sessile; Cymes terminal and axillary; bracts perfoliate; pedicel 1 cm, winged; flowers pink, 4-merous; calyx lobes linear,
acute; corolla lobes overlapping; stamens 3 + 1, unequal, longer
filaments with fertile anther, oblong; ovary many ovuled, style filiform, 4
mm, stigma deeply lobed.
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