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Pentas lanceolata (Forssk.) Deflers
Synonym
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Pentas lanceolata var. alba Verdc.
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Family
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Rubiaceae
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Local name
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English - Star flower
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Flowering and fruiting period
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Throughout the year
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Distribution
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Native of Tropical
Africa
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Distribution in kerala
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All Districts
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Habitat
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Grown as garden plant
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Endemic/Exotic
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Exotic
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Uses
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To Treat Lymphadenitis. Lymphadenitis is an infection
of the lymph nodes that cause the affected glands to swell. Treat Diarrhoea. Pentas
Plant To Treat Snake Bite. ...
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Key
Botanical Characters:
Trees, stem glabrous,
stout. Leaves bright green, elliptic, acuminate at apex,hairy coriaceous; nerves 3-4 pairs, oblique,
domatia glandular; petiole to 1 cm long; stipule broadly ovate, cuspidate,
scaly inside. Peduncles 2.5 cm long, solitary. Tubular Flowers in showy
clusters ,hairy in the thorat,purplish rose.
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