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Persicaria
pulchra (Blume) Sojak
Synonym
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Polygonum
pulchrum
Blume
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Family
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Polygonaceae
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Flowering
and fruiting period
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October-January
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Distribution
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Africa and
Indo-Malesia
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Distribution
in Kerala
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Kottayam,
Alappuzha, Idukki, Thrissur
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Habitat
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Semi-evergreen
and moist deciduous forests, also marshy areas in the plains
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Uses
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Root decoction is used for stomach problems in children.
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Key
Botanical Characters :
Stout herbs; stems thick and very hairy.
Leaves elliptic-oblong or lanceolate, base attenuate, apex acuminate, densely
strigose tomentose on both sides; petiole 1-2 cm long; ocrea 1.2-2.5 cm long,
long-tubular, truncate, strigose, bristle ciliate. Flowers white in panicled
racemes, 3.5-7.5 cm long. Bracts hispid and ciliate. Stamens 7-8. Styles 2.
Nut , biconvex, shining, black.
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