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Merremia tridentata
Synonym
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Xenostegia tridentata (L.) Austin & Staples
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Family
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Convolvulaceae
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Local name
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Malayalam-Prasarani
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Flowering and
fruiting period
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November-January
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Distribution
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Paleotropics
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Distribution in
kerala
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All Districts
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Habitat
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Deciduous forests, also in the plains
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Uses
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astringent, aphrodisiac, laxative and
bitter properties. The aerial parts are used in treating haemorrhoids,
swellings, rheumatic affections and urinary infections.
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Key
botanical characters:
Trailing herbs with long slender branches
and thick root-stock. Leaves alternate, simple, , linear-lanceolate, base
auricled and toothed, apex acute, mucronate, sessile to subsessile. Flowers
axillary few-flowered cymes, sometimes solitary; Sepals lanceolate,
acuminate. Corolla campanulate, cream coloured or yellow with a purplish eye
at centre;,subentire. Stamens 5. Ovary 2-celled; stigma 2-lobed. Capsules 5-8
mm across, subglobose; seeds 4, glabrous, brown.
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