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Synonym |
: |
Aniseia emarginata (Vahl)
Hassk. |
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Family |
: |
Convolvulaceae |
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Local
name |
: |
Malayalam-Venthiruthali |
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Flowering
and fruiting period |
: |
September-November |
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Distribution |
: |
Pantropical |
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Habitat |
: |
Climber |
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Uses |
: |
It
is used as a folk medicine |
|
Key
Botanical Characters: Slender
wiry climbers. Leaves 2-4.5 x 1-1.8 cm, linear-lanceolate, emarginate with
mucronate tip, attenuate at base, olive green on drying. Flowers solitary,
axillary, rarely in 2-3 flowered cymes. Peduncles 1-2 cm long; fruiting
pedicels much longer, upto 5 cm. Pedicels 0.5-1 cm long, 2-3 subulate bracts
present at base of pedicel. Sepals 5, foliar,
elliptic, acute at apex. Corolla white, campanulate; long; limb spreading, subentire, both tube
and limb pubescent without. Stamens 5, included. Ovary long, ovoid, 2-celled;
ovules 2 in each cell; style single; stigma 2, capitate. Capsules ovoid, 4-seeded. Seeds long, 1 cm wide and ovoid.  |
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