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Published In: A General History of the Dichlamydeous Plants 4(1): 95. 1838[1837]. (Gen. Hist.) Name publication detailView in BotanicusView in Biodiversity Heritage Library
 

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Acceptance : Accepted
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Contributor Text: S. NAZIMUDDIN AND M. QAISER
Flower/Fruit: Fl. Per.: Throughout the year.
Type: Type: Cult. England, Chelsea garden, Miller 1849 (BM-lecto, designated by Stearn).
Distribution: Distribution: A native of Madagascar, widely cultivated and naturalized in tropics and subtropics of both hemisphere.
Comment/Acknowledgements: An extract from the root is used for the cure of blood cancer. Flowers are also used as a remedy for diabetes.
Map Location: G-4 Karachi Dist: Police Hospital Karachi 4.11.1965. Saida Qureshi s.n. (KUH); Aik Aik School, 28.9.1957, Anwar Iqbal s.n. (KUH); University Campus, Karachi near Zoology Department, 24.11.71 M. Sadiq s.n. (KUH); G-5 Hyderabad Dist., Prem Singh 291. (RAW).

 

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Perennial subshrub, woody at base, 30-60 cm tall, young branches pubescent. Leaves oblong or oblanceolate, membranous, 2.5-6 x 1.5-3 cm, entire, obtuse or mucronate, base obtuse or cuneate, glabrous or sparingly hairy specially on nerves beneath, shining green above, paler below, lateral nerves obscure; petiole short, 3-10 mm long, with many glands at the axil. Inflorescence of axillary 1-4 flowered cymes, Flowers pink or white, pedicel 1-3 mm long. Calyx tube short, lobes linear acute, 5-7 mm long, hairy. Corolla tube 20-25 mm long, sparsely pubescent above, throat densely hairy within below the stamens, lobes oblong-rounded, or obovate, 15-25 mm long spreading Disc scales higher than ovary, c. 2-3 mm long. Ovary pubescent; style c. 2.5 cm long; stigma pentagonal. Follicles 2, slender, cylindric, striated. 15-25 mm long.
 
 
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