| Winged-Stem Canscora |
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| Camera model | Canon PowerShot A495 |
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Botanical name: Canscora alata Family: Gentianaceae (Gentian family)
Synonyms: Exacum alatum, Canscora decussata, Pladera decussata
Synonyms: Exacum alatum, Canscora decussata, Pladera decussata
Winged-Stem Canscora is a small erect annual herb
grows up to 50 cm in height. It has four-winged stems and branches.
Leaves are simple ovate or lanceolate, acute, sessile, prominently
three-nerved. Flowers are white with long stalks in lax terminal cymes.
Fruits are cylindrical, membranous capsules. Seeds are very small,
powder-like, brown in colour and reticulate. The genus name Canscora
is derived from this plant's Malayalam name Kanchan-Kora.
Winged-Stem Canscora is
found in Tropical Africa to Indo-China, inlcuding the Himalayas.
Medicinal uses:
In Ayurveda lingo, the plant pacifies vitiated kapha, insanity,
epilepsy, nervine debility, pain, skin diseases, ulcer, worms,
abdominal disorders and general debility.
Medicinal uses:
In Ayurveda lingo, the plant pacifies vitiated kapha, insanity,
epilepsy, nervine debility, pain, skin diseases, ulcer, worms,
abdominal disorders and general debility. | Identification credit: Krishan Lal | Photographed in Sirmaur Distt, Himachal Pradesh & Vagamon, Kerala. |
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