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Tabernaemontana divaricata (L.) R. Br.
Synonym
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Ervatamia coronaria
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Family
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Apocynaceae
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Local name
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English- East India rosebay
Malayalam-Nandiyar-vattom
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Flowering and
fruiting period
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Throughout the year
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Distribution
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Native of Southern
Himalayas
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Distribution in
kerala
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All Districts
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Habitat
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Mostly cultivated as garden plant
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Exotic/Endemic
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Exotic
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Uses
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Antioxidant , antitumor, anti-infection, analgesic . In Ayurveda, this plant is
considered to pacify Vata and Pitta vedas.
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Key
botanical characters:
Shrubs or small
trees, bark pale grey-brown, rather deeply longitudinally
fissured,lenticellate. Leaves opposite, pairs equal or unequal, elliptic or
narrowly elliptic,. Flowers fragrant. Sepals pale green, 2-3.5 x1-2 mm,
connate at the base, ovate, or sometimes narrowly ovate, rounded, obtuse or
sometimes acute, often ciliate, glabrous outside,. Ovary ovoid, gradually
approximately 20 in each carpel. Fruit of 2 separate mericarps, orange.
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