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Limnophila repens (Benth.) Benth.
Synonym
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Stemodia repens
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Family
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Plantaginaceae
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Local name
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Malayalam
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Manganari
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Flowering and fruiting period
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July-December
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Distribution
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Tropical Asia
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Distribution in kerala
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All Districts
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Habitat
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Waterlogged areas
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Uses
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Not Known
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Key
Botanical Characters :
Erect or procumbent
herbs with strong aromatic smell. Leaves oblong to elliptic-oblong, base
acute, margin crenate-serrate, apex acute,. Flowers axillary, solitary or in
short racemes. Calyx, lobes lanceolate, hirsute, striate at maturity. Corolla
violet-pink, rarely yellow, pubescent without and at throat within,
longitudinally purple striped. Stamens 4. Stigma spathulate. Capsule 3-4 mm
long, ellipsoid. Seeds angular, brown.
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