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[[File:Asystasia gangetica 9279.jpg|thumb|right|''Lavana-valli'', ''Asystasia gangetica'']]
'''Lavana-valli''' is a perennial plant with weak stems 1 metre or more long. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food and medicine. It is often cultivated as an ornamental and ground cover plant in tropical and subtropical areas.
==Uses==
{{Uses|Asthma}}, {{Uses|Inflammation}}, {{Uses|Rheumatism}}, {{Uses|Intestinal worms}}, {{Uses|Pain in delivery}}
===Flower===
{{Flower|Bisexual|7 - 8 Flowered spike like raceme|Pale yellow or white|4|Rachis 5-14 cm long; bracts and bracteoles c. 1.5 cm long, green, linear, acute, pubescent, persistent. Calyx divided to the base or nearly so, lobes 5, linear-lanceolate, 6-.8 mm long, acute, densely pubescent on both surface. Corolla tube funnel- shaped, 3-3.2 cm long, pubescent, limb 3.5-4 cm across, moderate yellow or white, lobes 5, rounded. Stamens 4, didynamous, included, filaments 6-8 mm long, with few small hairs, connate at the base in pairs; anthers oblong, 2-3 mm long, muticous. Ovary c. 2 cm long, pubescent, 2 celled, ovules 2 in each cell; style linear, 1.5-1.8 cm long, basal portion hairy; stigma 2-fid or subcapitate. }}
===Fruit===
