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Cassytha filiformis L.
Synonym
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Calodium cochinchinense
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Family
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Lauraceae
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Local name
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Malayalam - Akasavalli
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Flowering
and fruiting period
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August-September
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Distribution
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Pantropical
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Distribution
in Kerala
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Alappuzha, Kasaragode, Kollam, Kannur, Thiruvananthapuram,
Malappuram, Kozhikode, Thrissur, Wayanad, Ernakulam
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Habitat
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Among bushes in
plains
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Uses
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Used for the treatment of cancer,
African trypanosomiasis and many other related diseases.
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Key botanical characters:
Leafless twiners. Spikes terminal or axillary; peduncle
2-4.5 cm; bracteoles 3, ovate, ciliate. Flowers sub sessile, in
spikes, 3-merous, bisexual. Tepals 6, free, unequal, 3+3,
truncate, obtuse; outer lobes ovate-orbicular, ciliate; inner lobes
obovate. Fertile stamens 9; anthers
2-celled; staminodes 3; stigma
capitate. Drupe globose, enclosed within inflated perianth, crowned by lobes;
seed 1.
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