Family: Gentianaceae
Synonym: Exacum macrantherum Miq.
Vernacular name: NIL
Habit: Herb
Habitat: Evergreen forests
Distribution: Western Ghats
Flowering and Fruiting: October-November
Key identification features: Erect herbs; stem and branches winged. Leaves opposite, sessile, ovate-acute, Flowers in terminal and axillary, dichotomously branched, lax cymes; Corolla rose, tube. Capsule linear.
Uses:
It is used as a traditional medicine, as well as for its oil.
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