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Scientific Synonyms:
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| Previous name used in the website: |
Passiflora foetida |
| Family name: |
PASSIFLORACEAE
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| English name: |
Wild Water Melon
Running Pop
Love-in-a-mist
Wild Water Lemon
Stinking Passionflower
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| Sinhala name: |
Udahalu (උඩහළු)
Pada wel (පඩ වැල්)
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| Tamil name: |
Siruppunaikkali
Chiru punaikkali
Mupparisavalli
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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: |
Herbaceous climbers, to 3 m, with foetid smell, stem terete, whitish or yellowish-green hairs or glabrous. Leaves 4-11 x 3-10 cm, 3-5-nerved from base. Lobes up to 4 cm; petioles 1.5-6 cm long. Inflorescence 1(-2)-flowered; peduncle 2-6 cm long, tendril 5-15 cm long; bracts (1-) 2-4 cm long, deeply 2-4- pinnatifid. Flowers 2.5-5 cm in diameter, pink, lilac or purplish, sometimes white. Fruit a dry-berry, subglobose, 1.5-2.5 cm diameter, glabrous, yellowish to red. Seeds many, 5 x 2.5 mm.
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| Native Distribution Status: |
Native
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| Edible parts: |
Fruit
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| Treatment for: |
Pulmonary disorders
Venereal diseases
Dropsy
Swelling
Gout
Menstrual disorders
Epilepsy
Convulsion
Paralysis
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| Parts used in Treatment: |
Roots
Leaves
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| Related Medical Properties: |
Fabrifuge
Healing Effect
Antibacterial
Antifungal
Antiabortifacient
Sedative
Febrifuge
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