Climbing twisted jasmine
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Scientific name
Thottea siliquosa
English Name
Climbing twisted jasmine
Malayalam name
അൽപ്പം
Common name
Thottea
Description
- Habit : Shrub
- Habitat : Evergreen and semi-evergreen forests
- Leaves : Simple, oblong-lanceolate, entire, glabrous above, pubescent and pale beneath
- Flowers : Dark purple in axillary, irregular, few-flowered cyme
- Fruits : Capsules long, straight, obtuse
How to use
- Used against venomous including snake venom.
- Chewing the unripe fruit is good for stomach ache.
- Plant paste in oil used in chronic sores and ulcers.
Uses
diarrhea, dysentery
Parts used
Root
Conservation
Propagation & Cultivation
By seeds
