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Antigonon
leptopus Hook. & Arn.
Synonym
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Antigonon amabie
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Family
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Polygonaceae
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Local name
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English- Coral Creeper
Malayalam- Thenpoovalli
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Flowering and fruiting
period
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November-March
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Distribution
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Native of South America, Widely
grown in gardens
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Distribution in Kerala
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All Districts
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Habitat
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Grown as ornamental plants, now
getting naturalised in wastelands
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Endemic/Exotic
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Exotic
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Uses
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Possess various bioactivities such as
antimicrobial, antioxidant, hepatoprotective, analgesic, anti-inflammatory,
cytotoxic and anti-diabetic activities.
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Key botanical characters:
Woody climber, with tuberous root, stem angular, glabrescent. Leaves alternate, blade 3-8 cm long, 1.5-5 cm broad, hastate-ovate, triangular or cordate-ovate, simple, hairy above, densely towards margin, glabrescent below; petiole 1-2 cm long. Inforescence - a raceme ending into a branched tendril. Flowers showy; pedicel 3-8 mm long with sparsely spreading simple hairs. Perianth segments 5, bright pink, 6-15 mm long, 3-7 mm broad, very reticulately veined. Stamens 8, 3-7 mm long, sparsely hairy throughout; anthers oblong. Carpels 3; ovary ovoid, trigonous, glabrous, 3-4 mm long; styles 3 with capitate stigma. Nut long.  |
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