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Cleome gynandra L.
Scientific Synonyms:

Previous name used in the website: Cleome gynandra
Family name: CLEOMACEAE
English name: Wild Spider Flower
Spider Wisp
African Spider-flower
Cat Whiskers
Bastard Mustard
Sinhala name: Wela (වේලා)
Tamil name: Tayirvalai
Taivelai
Nalvelai
Velai
Acakanta
Sanskrit name: Thilaparni
Ajagandha
Conservation status: LC- Least Concerned - NRL - 2020
Description: Herb, annual, 0.3 - 1 m tall. Leaves palmately (3 -) 5 (- 7) foliolate; leaflets 1.2 - 7.5 (- 10) X 0.8 - 3 cm, terminal longest, lanceolate to obovate-lanceolate or rhombic, acute, shortly acuminate, acute to subobtuse at base, ciliate to denticulate, minutely pubescent on both surfaces. Flowers white, yellowish, pink or pale purplish, pedicellate in long corymbose racemes. Fruit linear-cylindric, somewhat compressed, slightly curved. Seeds helicoid-reniform, black, rough.
Native Distribution Status: Native
Edible parts: Available soon
Treatment for: Eye Diseases
Ear Diseases
Arthritis
Rheumatism
Pulmonary Diseases
Parts used in Treatment: Whole Plant
Leaves
Roots
Seeds
Related Medical Properties: Healing effect
Vermifuge
Pain Killer
Abortifacient
Further Information: Kew Garden’s Medicinal Plant Names Services




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