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Helicteres isora

Scientific Name
Helicteres isora
Family Name
Sterculiaceae
Common Names
East indian screw tree
Local Names
Marodphali (India), Lihiniya (Sri Lanka)
Description
A sub-deciduous shrub or small tree with grey coloured bark. Leaves simple, serratemargin, scabrous above and pubescent beneath. Flowers solitary or in sparse clusters,with red petals turning pale blue when old. Fruits greenish brown, beaked, cylindrical,spirally twisted on ripening. (India)
Uses
Diarrhoea, dysentery, scabies, biliousness, anti dysenteric, intestinal worms (India)
Clysters, diarrhoea, gripe, colic, dysentery, flatulence (Sri Lanka)
Locations Where Plants Is Conserved
Remarks
Helicteres isora (GRIN)

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