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Crossandra
infundibuliformis (L.) Nees
Synonym
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Crossandra axillaris
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Family
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Acanthaceae
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Local name
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English -ropic
Flame
Malayalam
-Kanakambaram
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Flowering
and fruiting period
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December-March
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Distribution
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India and
Sri Lanka
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Distribution
in Kerala
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All
Districts
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Habitat
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Dry
deciduous forests, commonly grown as garden plant
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Uses
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It have the activities such as hepatoprotective, antibacterial,
antifungal, anticandidal and larvicidal activity. Its flower part is used in
various conditions like fever, headache,
aperitif, pain and wound healing.
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Key
botanical characters:
Subshrubs.
Leaves, elliptic, acute at both ends, usually crowded towards the apex;.
Spike terminal or rarely axillary, dense, to 7 cm long; peduncle 5-10 cm
long; bracts in 4 rows, lanceolate; bracteoles, linear, acuminate, pubescent.
Flowers many, densely packed; calyx lobes 5, unequal, , glandular-hairy,
outer one sometimes 2-fid at apex; corolla creamy orange, , narrow, lobes 5,
subequal, 1 cm long, oblong, spreading; stamens 4, inserted at the middle of
corolla tube, included, filaments unequal, anthers bearded; Capsule, oblong;
seeds 4, orbicular.
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