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Scientific Synonyms:
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| Previous name used in the website: |
Cleome viscosa |
| Family name: |
CLEOMACEAE
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| English name: |
Asian Spider Flower
Yellow Spider Flower
Cleome
Tickweed
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| Sinhala name: |
Rammanissa (රම්මණිස්ස)
Wal aba (වල් අබ )
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| Tamil name: |
Manja Kadugu
Naikadugu
Naivelai
Naikkatuku
Naivelai
Naikkaduku
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| Sanskrit name: |
Thilaparni
Arikahita
Arkabhakta
Barbara
Bhaskareshta
Brahmasuvarchala
Karnasphota
Arka Kanta
Adityabhakta
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| Conservation status: |
LC- Least Concerned - NRL - 2020
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| Description: |
Herb, annual, erect up to 0.4 - 1.5 m tall. Leaves 3 - 5 foliolate; leaflets (0.8 -) 2 - 3 X (0.25 -) 0.8 - 1.3 cm, oblanceolate-elliptic, acute to obtuse, cuneate to attenuate at base, densely glandular-pubescent, becoming glabrescent with age, but maintaining pubescence especially on major veins beneath. Flowers pedicellate, various shades of yellow, in corymbose racemes with flowers solitary in axils of reduced, leaf-like bracts.
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| Native Distribution Status: |
Native
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| Edible parts: |
Available soon
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| Treatment for: |
Gout
Pulmonary diseases
Stomach ailments
Oedema
Dropsy
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| Parts used in Treatment: |
Leaves
Seeds
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| Related Medical Properties: |
Febrifuge
Antiabortifacient
Vermifuge
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