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Scientific Synonyms:
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| Previous name used in the website: |
Stachytarpheta indica |
| Family name: |
VERBENACEAE
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| English name: |
Indian Snakeweed
Blue Snakeweed
Nettle-leaved Vervain
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| Sinhala name: |
Balunakuta (බලු නකුට)
Nil nakuta (නිල් නකුට)
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| Tamil name: |
Nai Oringj
Seemai Nayuruvi
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| Sanskrit name: |
Available soon
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| Conservation status: |
NE - Not Evaluated - Due to exotic origin
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| Description: |
This an extremely poorly understood taxon. Annual or perennial herbs or low shrubs. Leaves opposite or alternate, lanceolate or narrowly lanceolate-ovate, marginal teeth very coarse and obliquely wide spreading. Inflorescence spicate, mostly elongated , few flowered; the flowers sessile or semi-immersed in furrows or excavations in the rachis; flowers opening a few at a time, bluish in colour; fruit schizocarpous, splitting at maturity into 2 1-seeded cocci.
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| Native Distribution Status: |
Native
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| Edible parts: |
Available soon
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| Treatment for: |
Wounds
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| Parts used in Treatment: |
Leaves
Whole Plants
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| Related Medical Properties: |
Anti toxic
Reduces pitta, kapha
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