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| Botanical Name | Aristolochia bracteata Retz. |
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| Tamil Name | Aadutheendapalai |
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| Family | Aristolochiaceae |
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| Cotyledon | Dicot |
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| Habit | Herb |
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| Description | Dark purple lip to the perianth, stem prostrate, leaves glaucous, reniform or broadly ovate, cordate at base with a wide sinus, flowers solitary with large orbicular bract |
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| Medicinal uses | • Wound healing |
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| | • intestinal worms |
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| | • skin diseases |
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| | • analgesic and |
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| | • antitussive |
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| Places / Locations | * Alagar Hills, Dindigul |
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| | * Vanavasi hill, Salem District |
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| | * Thoothukudi District |
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| | * Puliyankulam, Kovilpatti, Thoothukudi District |
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| | * Pillur valley, Coimbatore District |
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