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Justicia gendarussa Burm. f.
Synonym
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Dianthera
subserrata Blanco
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Family
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Acanthaceae
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Local name
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English - Gandarusa, Warer willow
Malayalam -
Vathakodi, Vathamkolli
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Flowering and fruiting period
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January-April
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Distribution
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Tropical
Africa and Asia
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Distribution in Kerala
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All
Districts
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Habitat
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Moist
deciduous forests, also in the plains
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Endemic/Exotic
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Exotic
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Uses
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The
plant is used to treat rheumatism, arthritis, cephalalgia, hemicranias and
intermittent fever.
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Key
Botanical Characters:
Shrubs,
branches dark purple, terete, smooth. Leaves linear or oblong-lanceolate,
apex acute or obtuse, base acute, chartaceous, glabrous, lateral nerves 5-7
pairs, bluish. Spikes terminal, up to 8 cm long, narrow, bracts linear.
Flowers white; calyx lobes linear-lanceolate, 5 mm long; corolla white with
purple streaks; ovary and style puberulus. Capsule 12 mm long, glabrous.
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