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Ipomoea marginata (Desr.) Verdc.
Synonym
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Convolvulus
marginatus
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Family
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Convolvulaceae
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Local name
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Malayalam
- Thiruthali
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Flowering and fruiting period
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December-March
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Distribution
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Paleotropics
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Distribution in Kerala
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Alappuzha, Kasaragode, Pathanamthitta, Palakkad,
Kannur, Wayanad, Thiruvananthapuram, Kozhikode, Malappuram
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Habitat
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Wasteland,
scrub jungles and roadsides
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Uses
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It is used
as a single drug for curing sterility in women and for promoting fertility
and virility.
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Key
Botanical Characters:
Twining
herbs. Leaves simple, alternate, triangular-cordiform, 5-8 by 3-5 cm, apex
acute-apiculate, base cordate, thinly pubescent, and petiole 1-2 cm long.
Cymes sub-umbellate. Sepals sub-equal, obovate, glabrous. Corolla
pinkish-white, 3 cm across, salver-form. Stamens included. Capsule globose;
seeds pubescent.
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