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'''Lavana-valli''' is a perennial plant with weak stems 1 metre or more long which sprawl along the ground unless they find something to support them. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food and medicine. It is sometimes sold in local markets during the rainy season. It is often cultivated as an ornamental and ground cover plant in tropical and subtropical areas.
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'''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.
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==Uses==
 
==Uses==
 
{{Uses|Asthma}}, {{Uses|Inflammation}}, {{Uses|Rheumatism}}, {{Uses|Intestinal worms}}, {{Uses|Pain in delivery}}
 
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==Parts Used==
 
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Volatile oils from aerial, seed and root parts of Asystasia gangetica (L) were analyzed for their constituents by means of gas chromatography and gas chromatography coupled with mass spectrometry.<ref name="Chemical Composition"/>
  
 
==Common names==
 
==Common names==
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{{Common names|kn=lavangavalli, maithaala kaddi, medde soppu|ml=valli-upu-dali|sa=lavana-valli|ta=aanaikundrimani, anai kundumani|te=mukka mungera, poda beera, tappeta, venna kattethige|hi=|en=Chinese Violet}}
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{{Common names|kn=ಮೈತಳ ಕಡ್ಡಿ Maithala kaddi, ಮೈತ್ತ ಬಳ್ಳಿ Maitta balli|ml=Valliupudali|sa=Lavanavalli|ta=Aanaikundrimani, Anai kundumani|mr=Lavana valli|te=Mukka mungera, Poda beera, Tappeta, Venna kattethige|en=Chinese Violet}}
 
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===Flower===
 
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{{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. }}
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{{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. }}
  
 
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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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{{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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==List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used==
 
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File:Coromandel (Asystasia gangetica and Asystasia gangetica 'Alba') 2.jpg|Flowers
 
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<ref name="Leaf">[http://keralaplants.in/flowering-plants-kerala-dvd.aspx Botonic description]</ref>
 
<ref name="Leaf">[http://keralaplants.in/flowering-plants-kerala-dvd.aspx Botonic description]</ref>
 
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<ref name="Chemical Composition">[https://www.tsijournals.com/articles/chemical-compositions-of-the-essential-oils-from-aerial-seed-and-root-parts-of-nigerian-asystasia-gangetica-l.pdf Chemical Composition]</ref>
 
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Latest revision as of 14:17, 8 August 2020

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

Volatile oils from aerial, seed and root parts of Asystasia gangetica (L) were analyzed for their constituents by means of gas chromatography and gas chromatography coupled with mass spectrometry.[2]

Common names

Language Common name
Kannada ಮೈತಳ ಕಡ್ಡಿ Maithala kaddi, ಮೈತ್ತ ಬಳ್ಳಿ Maitta balli
Hindi NA
Malayalam Valliupudali
Tamil Aanaikundrimani, Anai kundumani
Telugu Mukka mungera, Poda beera, Tappeta, Venna kattethige
Marathi Lavana valli
Gujarathi NA
Punjabi NA
Kashmiri NA
Sanskrit Lavanavalli
English Chinese Violet

[3]

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.

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

  1. ↑ Uses
  2. ↑ Chemical Composition
  3. ↑ Vernacular names
  4. ↑ Botonic description

External Links

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