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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 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.
==Uses==
{{Uses|Asthma}}, {{Uses|Inflammation}}, {{Uses|Rheumatism}}, {{Uses|Intestinal worms}}, {{Uses|Pain in delivery}}
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==Parts Used==
==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.<ref name="Chemical Composition"/>
==Common names==
{{Common names|kn=lavangavalli, maithaala ಮೈತಳ ಕಡ್ಡಿ Maithala kaddi, medde soppuಮೈತ್ತ ಬಳ್ಳಿ Maitta balli|ml=valli-upu-daliValliupudali|sa=lavana-valliLavanavalli|ta=aanaikundrimaniAanaikundrimani, anai Anai kundumani|mr=Lavana valli|te=mukka Mukka mungera, poda Poda beera, tappetaTappeta, venna Venna kattethige|hi=|en=Chinese Violet}}
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===Flower===
{{Flower|Bisexual|7 - 8 flowered Flowered spike like raceme|Pale yellow or white|4|rachis 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===
{{Fruit|A capsule|2.7-3 x 0.3-0.4 cm||densely Densely pubescent, opening widely in a reflexed curve|seeds Seeds 4, 3-4 mm across, compressed angular, orbicular, wrinkled sub-tuberculate, rugose with double dentate margin.}}
===Other features===
==List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used==
==Where to get the saplings==
==How to plant/cultivate==
==Commonly seen growing in areas==
File:Coromandel (Asystasia gangetica and Asystasia gangetica 'Alba') 2.jpg|Flowers
File:Starr-011104-0065-Asystasia gangetica-flowers-Kalepolepo-Maui (23916501463).jpg|Habit
File:Asystasia gangetica seed head.jpg|Capsules
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<ref name="Leaf">[http://keralaplants.in/flowering-plants-kerala-dvd.aspx Botonic description]</ref>
<ref name="Common names">[http://envis.frlht.org/bot_search Vernacular names]</ref>
<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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==External Links==
* [http://tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Asystasia+gangeticaAsystasia gangetica on the ferns.info] * [http://senthuherbals.blogspot.com/2014/10/asystasia-gangetica-miti-kirai-ganges.htmlAsystasia gangetica on Blog spot.com]
[[Category:Herbs]]
[[Category:HerbAcanthaceae]][[Category:Ayurvedic herbs that don't have seed photos]]
