| Shrubby Hedyotis |
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| Original date | 8/23/24 11:59 AM |
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| Focal length | 6.064mm |
| Exposure time | 1/69s |
| Aperture | 1.88 |
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| Camera model | OnePlus 9 5G |
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Botanical name: Hedyotis fruticosa Family: Rubiaceae (Coffee family)
Synonyms: Oldenlandia fruticosa, Hedyotis corymbosa (illeg.)
Synonyms: Oldenlandia fruticosa, Hedyotis corymbosa (illeg.)
Shrubby Hedyotis is a much-branched, erect shrub
growing 1.2-1.8 m tall. Leaves are ovate-labceshaped,
elliptic-lanceshaped or lanceshaped, 6-12 x 1-3 cm, drying yellow-green
to brown. Nerves are 6-12 pairs. Leaf-stalks are up to 1 cm long.
Flowers are borne at branch-ends, in trichotomously brached cymes.
Flowers are heterostylous. Flowers are funnel-shaped, tube 2-3 mm long,
throat densely hairy inside. Sepal cup is bell-shaped. Sepals are
triangular, recurved, shorter than the ovoid smooth capsule. Capsules
are spherical, 2-3 x 1.5-2. mm. Seeds 3-6, dark brown. Shrubby Hedyotis
is found in South India, Sri Lanka and Myanmar. Flowering:
April-August.
Medicinal uses:
A decoction of the leaves is
used to treat inflamed eyes.
Medicinal uses:
A decoction of the leaves is
used to treat inflamed eyes. | Identification credit: Preetha P.S. | Photographed in Shenduruni forests, Kollam, Kerala. |
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