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Zanonia indica L.
Scientific Synonyms:

Previous name used in the website: Zanonia indica
Family name: CUCURBITACEAE
English name: Available soon
Sinhala name: Wal rasakinda (වල් රසකිඳ)
Tamil name: Available soon
Sanskrit name: Available soon
Conservation status: VU - Vulnerable - NRL - 2020
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.
Native Distribution Status: Native
Edible parts: Available soon
Treatment for:  Asthma
Cough
Nervous irritation caused by boils 
Parts used in Treatment: Stem
Leaves
Fruit
Related Medical Properties: Febrifuge
Cathartic
Further Information: Kew Garden’s Medicinal Plant Names Services




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