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Floscopa scandens Lour.

Synonym	:	Aneilema cymosum (Blume) Kunth
Family	:	Commelinaceae
Flowering and fruiting period	:	January-April
Distribution	:	Indo-Malesia
Distribution in kerala	:	All Districts
Habitat	:	Marshy areas
Uses	:	The plant  used medicinally as a febrifuge and for relieving pyodermas, abscesses, and acute nephritis also  used for treating broken bones.The leaf juice is used for treating sore eyes and ophthalmia
Key Botanical Characters: Creeping or suberect marshy herbs; stem terete, pubescent along one line. Leaves scattered, elliptic-lanceolate, acuminate, acute at base, glabrous; sheath tubular, mouth oblique, hairy. Panicle 3-6 cm long; axis and branches pubescent. Flowers many,regular, bisexual. Sepals,ovate, pubescent. Petals, obovate, glabrous, rose coloured. Stamens 6, Ovary 3-celled; ovule solitary in each cell. Capsule broadly ovoid; seeds elliptic, wrinkled, grey.