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==Uses==
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==Habit==
{{Habit|Herb}}
==Identification==
===Leaf===
{{Leaf|Simple|Opposite|Leaves are opposite, rarely in a whorl of three, sessile to clasping at base, ovate to oval, 5 to 25mm long. The margins are entire, obtuse to somewhat acute at tip, the base is cordate. Both leaf surfaces are glabrous, and the bottom is dotted with black glands. }}<ref name="Leaf"/>
===Flower===
{{Flower|Bisexual|Solitary, axillary|Blue-Pink|5|On thin peduncles of 1 to 5cm long, erect in flower, curved down on fruit. The calyx is persistent, with 5 lanceolate, acuminate lobes 3 to 5mm long. The corolla is deeply five-parted, 8 to 14mm across, a little shorter than the calyx; glandular hairs (terminal cell enlarged, globose) on the margins. Flowers have different colours, usually salmon, pink, red or blue; blue flowers are most common and white ones rare. Stamens five, attached to base of corolla, clothed with numerous purple-fringed (villous) filaments. }}
===Fruit===
{{Fruit|Capsule|3 to 5mm across||Membranous globose capsule, the top falling off as a lid|Seed 1mm long, three-angled, brown, covered with tiny scales.|}}
===Other features===
<ref name="chemical composition">["chemistry"]</ref>
<ref name="Leaf">[http://idao.cirad.fr/content/oscar/especes/a/angar/angar.html"morphology"]</ref>
<ref name="How to plant/cultivate">[ "Cultivation"]</ref>
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[[Category:Herbs]]
[[Category:Primulaceae]]
