Friday, June 7, 2024

Beaumontia jerdoniana Wight

 

Family: Apocynaceae-

Vernacular name: Swethapushpi

Habit: Climbing shrub

Habitat: Evergreen forest

Distribution: Western Ghats

Flowering & Fruiting: November -December

Key identification features: Woody climbers; branchlets pale brownish, glabrous. Inflorescence terminal. Corolla campanulate; hairy at throat inside, lobes 5. Fruits splitting into 2 follicles at full maturity,

Uses: Roots and leaves are used in the  treatment of fractures, injury, and backache  and leg pain caused by rheumatism



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