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Cleome rutidosperma var. burmannii (Wight & Arn.) Siddiqui & S.N.Dixit
Synonym
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Cleome
burmanni Wight &
Arn.
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Family
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Cleomaceae
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Local name
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English -
Malayalam - Kattukadugu
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Flowering and fruiting period
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February-August
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Distribution
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Indo-Malesia
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Distribution in Kerala
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Palakkad, Kottayam, Kollam, Idukki,
Pathanamthitta, Kozhikkode,
Thiruvananthapuram, Malappuram, Thrissur
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Habitat
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Degraded
forest areas, also in the plains
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Uses
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leaves and seeds are used as a
rubefacient and vesicant, and to treat infections, fever, rheumatism and
headache.
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Key Botanical Characters:
Decumbent herbs. Leaves
trifoliolate, leaflets obovate, acute at both ends. Flowers solitary,
axillary, pedicel 1.5-2.5 cm; sepals 4 mm, oblong, acuminate; petals 6 mm
long, obovate stamens 6; gynophore to 7 mm long, ovary 6 mm. Capsule to 4 cm
linear.
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