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Mansoa alliacea (Lam.)
A.H.Gentry
Synonym
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Adenocalymna
alliaceum(Lam)Mier
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Family
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Bignoniaceae
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Local name
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English- Garlic plant
Malayalam- Vellullichedi
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Flowering
and fruiting period
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September – February
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Distribution
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Native of Tropical America.
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Distribution
in kerala
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All Districts
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Habitat
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Grown as
garden plant.
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Endemic
/Exotic
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Exotic
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Uses
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Leaf juice is used for stomachache.
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Key
botanical characters:
A woody climber, Leaves
opposite, compound, each consisting of a pair of stalked leaflets and a
compound tendril with small clinging discs;. Flowers borne in fascicles,
reddish or violet, long, corollawidely tubular above a narrowed base. Fruits
elongate, linear, flattened, Seeds flat, broadly winged at each side, 3 cm
long.
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