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Hygrophila auriculata
Synonym
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Hygrophila schulli
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Family
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Acanthaceae
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Local name
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English - Long leaved barleria
Malayalam
- Vayalchulli
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Flowering and fruiting period
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September-April
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Distribution
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India, Myanmar and Indo-China
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Distribution in Kerala
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All Districts
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Habitat
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Paddy fields and other moist localities
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Uses
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seeds contain a semi-drying oil, sugars and
enzymes.The essential oil from the roots has been found to possess
bacteriostatic action against both gram positive and gram negative organisms
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Key
Botanical Characters :
Subshrubs, strigose-hispid, with sharp thorns. Leaves in
whorls of 8, unequal, 6-10 x 2-4 cm, linear-lanceolate, apex acute, base
cuneate, margins dentate and wavy, larger pair, sessile. Thorns 2-3 cm long,
axillary. Flowers in axillary whorls; bracts and bracteoles leafy; calyx lobes 4, larger lobe 1 cm long; corolla pink, bilipped, lobes obtuse, ciliate. Capsule 1 cm long; seeds orbicular.
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