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Ipomoea marginata - Laksmana

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'''Laksmana'''is a slender climber with heart shaped leaves and violet coloured flowers, closely related to morning glories. It has long been used in Kerala and is one of the ten sacred flowers of Kerala (Dasapushpa) it is found
throughout India in the plains, especially on the bank of stream and rivers.

==Uses==
{{Uses|Female sterility}}
<ref name="Uses"/>

==Parts Used==
{{Parts Used|Leaves}}

==Chemical Composition==

==Common names==
{{Common names|kn=thali keere soppu|ml=tiru-tali, tirutali|sa=laksmana, sitavalli, vrsaparnika
|ta=|te=metta thuti, tella thuti|hi=ban kalami|en=}}
<ref name="Common names"/>

==Properties==
Reference: Dravya - Substance, Rasa - Taste, Guna - Qualities, Veerya - Potency, Vipaka - Post-digesion effect, Karma - Pharmacological activity, Prabhava - Therepeutics.
===Dravya===

===Rasa===

===Guna===

===Veerya===

===Vipaka===

===Karma===

===Prabhava===

==Habit==
{{Habit|Climber}}

==Identification==
===Leaf===
{{Leaf|Simple|alternate|triangular-cordiform, 5-8 by 3-5 cm, apex acute-apiculate, base cordate, thinly pubescent, petiole 1-2 cm long.}}<ref name="Leaf"/>

===Flower===
{{Flower|Bisexual|Cyme|Pinkish white||Cymes sub-umbellate. Sepals sub-equal, obovate, glabrous. Corolla pinkish-white, c. 3 cm across, salver-form. Stamens included.}}

===Fruit===
{{Fruit|Capsule||Globose||Seeds pubescent}}

===Other features===

==List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used==


==Where to get the saplings==
==Mode of Propagation==
{{Propagation|Seeds}}

==How to plant/cultivate==


===Season to grow===

===Soil type===


===Propagation===

==Commonly seen growing in areas==
{{Commonly seen|Tropical area}}

==Photo Gallery==
<gallery class="left" caption="" widths="140px" heights="140px">
File:Ban Kalami (Bengali- বন কলমি) (3034112719).jpg
File:Ipomoea marginata 09465.jpg
File:Nagini (Sanskrit- नागिनी) (4021791983).jpg
File:Putititige (Telugu- పురిటితీగె) (3689482183).jpg



</gallery>

==References==

<references>
<ref name="Uses">[http://www.asia-medicinalplants.info/ipomoea-marginata-desr-verdc/ "Uses"]</ref>

<ref name="Leaf">[http://FLOWERING PLANTS OF KERALA VER.2, N. Sasidharan "BOTANIC DESCRIPTION"]</ref>
<ref name="Common names">[http://envis.frlht.org/bot_search "Vernacular names"]</ref>


</references>

==External Links==


[[Category:Herbs]]
[[Category:Climber]]
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