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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

Asthma, Inflammation, Rheumatism, Intestinal worms, Pain in delivery ^[1]

Parts Used

Leaves, Flowers

Chemical Composition

Common names

Language	Common name
Kannada	Lavangavalli, Maithaala kaddi, Medde soppu
Hindi	NA
Malayalam	Valli-upu-dali
Tamil	Aanaikundrimani, Anai kundumani
Telugu	Mukka mungera, Poda beera, Tappeta, Venna kattethige
Marathi	NA
Gujarathi	NA
Punjabi	NA
Kashmiri	NA
Sanskrit	Lavana-valli
English	Chinese Violet

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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

Herb

Identification

Leaf

Kind	Shape	Feature
Simple	Opposite	Leaves opposite decussate, 3.5-5.5 x 2.5-4.5 cm, ovate deltoid, sub-cordate to cordate at base, acute or rarely obtuse at apex, entire, adpressed puberulent above, pale and tomentose beneath; lateral veins 6- 8 pairs; petiole 1-2 cm long, densely adpressed puberulent

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Flower

Type	Size	Color and composition	Stamen	More information
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

Type	Size	Mass	Appearance	Seeds	More information
A capsule	2.7-3 x 0.3-0.4 cm		Densely pubescent, opening widely in a reflexed curve	Seeds 4, 3-4 mm across, compressed angular, orbicular, wrinkled sub-tuberculate, rugose with double dentate margin.	{{{6}}}

Other features

List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used

Where to get the saplings

Mode of Propagation

Seeds, Cuttings.

How to plant/cultivate

Seeds readily sprout, as do cuttings.

Commonly seen growing in areas

Tropical area, Sub tropical area

Photo Gallery

Flowers
Leaves
Flowers
Habit
Capsules

References

External Links

[Uses-1] Uses

[Common_names-2] Vernacular names

[Leaf-3] Botonic description

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+{{Fruit|A capsule|2.7-3 x 0.3-0.4 cm||Densely pubescent, opening widely in a reflexed curve|Seeds 4, 3-4 mm across, compressed angular, orbicular, wrinkled sub-tuberculate, rugose with double dentate margin.}}
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