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Henckelia humboldtiana
Synonym
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Didymocarpus humboldtianus
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Family
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Gesneriaceae
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Local name
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English -Humboldt's Stone
Flower
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Flowering and fruiting period
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September-November
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Distribution
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Peninsular India and
Sri Lanka
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Distribution in kerala
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Kozhikkode, Idukki,
Pathanamthitta, Kollam, Palakkad
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Habitat
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Grasslands
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Uses
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Used in the treatment
of renal diseases particularly kidney
stones
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Key
Botanical Characters :
Scapigerous herbs.
Leaves broadly ovate, obtuse, rounded or cordate at base,
broadly crenate, bullate-tomentose above, tomentose beneath; nerves 5-6
pairs; petiole 5-8 cm long, wings divided. Scape few, branched. Raceme glandular hairy; bracts and bracteoles similar, linear.
Flowers blue, paired; pedicel 1.5 cm long; sepals oblong, obtuse;
corolla blue, thinly hairy, mouth oblique, lobes orbicular;
staminodes hooked; ovary densely glandular-hairy, stigma oblique, papillose.  |
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