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Hewittia malabarica (L.) Suresh.
Synonym
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Convolvulus bracteatus
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Family
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Convolvulaceae
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Local name
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Malayalam – Ohanamvalli
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Flowering and fruiting period
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October-January
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Distribution
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Asia, Africa and South America
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Distribution in kerala
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All Districts
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Habitat
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Moist and dry deciduous forests, also in
the plains
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Uses
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Tea made from leaves used as a wash
on spider bites. Tea ingestedto reduce profuse menstruation
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Key Botanical Characters:
Stem twining or prostrate, pubescent. Leaves simple,
alternate, 4-7 x 3-4 cm, ovate, apex acute, base cordate, margin entire or
angled, puberulent, basally 3-nerved; petiole to 6 cm long. Flowers in
axillary 1 to few-flowered peduncled cymes; bract linear-lanceolate, attached
to little below the calyx. Sepals 5, outer 3 larger, accrescent, inner 2
smaller. Corolla yellowish or cream coloured with a purple centre, c. 3 cm
across, campanulate, limb shallowly 5-lobed. Stamens included; filaments
dilated at base. Ovary imperfectly 2-locular; ovules 2-per ocule; stigma 2.
Capsule 4-valved, 8-10 mm across, subglobose; seeds 4 or less, 5-6 mm long,
subtrigonous, black.
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