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Geophila repens (L.) Johnst
Synonym
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Carinta herbacea
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Family
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Rubiaceae
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Local name
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Malayalam – Karimutthil
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Flowering and fruiting period
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October-April
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Distribution
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Pantropical
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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 moist deciduous
forests, also in sacred groves
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Uses
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The leaves are
sometimes chewed as a cough remedy. decoction of the boiled plant is used as
a treatment for cough
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Key Botanical Characters:
Prostrate herbs;
stem slender, stolon-like. Leaves simple, 1.5-2.5 x 1-2 cm, orbicular or
broadly ovate to reniform, apex rounded or retuse, base cordate, chartaceous,
basally 5-7-nerved; petiole to 5 cm long. Flowers solitary or in few-flowered
umbels; peduncles to 4 cm long. Calyx tube short; lobes subulate, 3 mm long,
persistent. Corolla 1-1.5 cm across, funnel-shaped, hairy within, white;
lobes recurved, ovate-acute. Stamens 5, included. Ovary 2-locular; ovule
1-per locule. Berry c. 7 mm across, globose, scarlet.
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