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Combretum indicum (L.) DeFilipps
Synonym
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Quisqualis indica |
Family
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Combretaceae
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Local name
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English - Rangoon creeper Malayalam- Yashodhapoo
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Flowering and fruiting
period
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February-April
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Distribution
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Throughout; Nepal, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, New Guinea
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Distribution in Kerala
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Kottayam, Wayanad, Kollam, Idukki,
Pathanamthitta, Malappuram, Thiruvananthapuram, Kannur, Kozhikkode.
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Habitat
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Evergreen forests.
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Uses
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Decoctions of the root, seed or fruit
can be used as antihelmintic or for alleviating diarrhoea. Fruit
decoction can also be used for gargling. The fruits are also used to combat nephritis. Leaves can be used to relieve pain caused by
fever. The roots are used to treat rhuematism.
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Climbing shrubs. Leaves alternate or opposite, to 14 x
5 cm, oblong, acuminate at apex; nerves 8 pairs, looping below the margins,
domatia hairy; petiole 5 mm long. Flowers in terminal cymes. Calyx tube 15 mm
long, produced above the ovary, narrow, hispid outside, lobes 5, 3 x 1 mm.
Petals 12 x 3 mm, oblong, reddish. Stamens 10, filaments short. Ovary
1-celled, ribbed, pubescent; ovules 3-4, pendulous; style adnate to the calyx
tube. Fruit 5-winged.
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