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Zanonia indica L.
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Scientific Synonyms:
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| Previous name used in the website: |
Zanonia indica |
| Family name: |
CUCURBITACEAE
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| English name: |
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| Sinhala name: |
Wal rasakinda (වල් රසකිඳ)
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| Tamil name: |
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| Sanskrit name: |
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| Conservation status: |
VU - Vulnerable - NRL - 2020
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| Description: |
Perennial, dioecious, climbing, semi-woody. Leaves deciduous; lamina 7 - 15.5 x 3.5 - 6.5 (-11) cm, broadly ovate to lanceolate, acute-acuminate or obtuse, apiculate, rounded or cordate at base, entire, subcoriaceous, glabrous to minutely pubescent especially beneath. Male panicles 7 - 30 cm or more long, minutely pubescent; flower pale green, bractate. Female racemes 20 38 cm long, glabrous; flowers bractate. Fruit 9 - 12 X 3 - 3.5 cm, pendent, cylindric, somewhat trigonous, apex truncate, base attenuate. Seeds not seen.
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| Native Distribution Status: |
Native
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| Edible parts: |
Available soon
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| Treatment for: |
Asthma
Cough
Nervous irritation caused by boils
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| Parts used in Treatment: |
Stem
Leaves
Fruit
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| Related Medical Properties: |
Febrifuge
Cathartic
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