Family: Sterculiaceae
Synonym: Lochemia corchorifolia (L.) Arn.
Vernacular name: Cheruooram, Cheruvuram
Habit: Herb
Habitat: Degraded deciduous forest areas and waste places
Distribution: Paleotropics
Flowering
and Fruiting:
July-April
Key
identification features: Erect branched herbs with simple
leaves, varying in size and shape. The leaves are ovate-oblong. Flowers appear
in terminal, capitate cymes, with pink corollas. The capsule is subglobose,
5-valved.
Uses: The leaves treat urinary disorders,
dysentery, and smallpox. The plant yields strong fiber, and an aqueous solution
of its leaves acts as an insecticide.
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