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Hydrolea zeylanica (L.) Vahl
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Scientific Synonyms:
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| Previous name used in the website: |
Hydrolea zeylanica |
| Family name: |
HYDROLEACEAE
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| English name: |
Ceylon Hydrolea
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| Sinhala name: |
Diya kirilla (දිය කිරිල්ල)
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| Tamil name: |
Vellel
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| Sanskrit name: |
Available soon
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| Conservation status: |
NT - Near Threatened - NRL - 2020
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| Description: |
Soft, unarmed, herbaceous perennial, but flowering the first year from seed, therefore seemingly annual, 7 - 100 cm tall or more. Leaves glabrous or very thinly pubescent on the petiole, veiny below, lanceolate to elliptic, 2 - 12 cm long, 6 - 12 mm wide, on winged petioles up to 5 mm long. Flowers in irregularly bracted racemes or panicles, the inflorescence branches, pedicels, and calyces stipitate glandular. Fruit capsular, 4 - 4.5 mm high, septicidally dehiscent, seated in the persistent calyx. Seeds numerous, less than 0.5 mm long.
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| Native Distribution Status: |
Native
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| Edible parts: |
Available soon
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| Treatment for: |
Callus ulcers
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| Parts used in Treatment: |
Leaves
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| Related Medical Properties: |
Antiseptic
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