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Kokoona zeylanica

Scientific Name
Kokoona zeylanica
Family Name
Zingiberaceae
Common Names
Local Names
Inguru piyali (Sri Lanka)
Description
A very large tree th a roug grey bark,inner bark yellow and young parts ghibrous;leaves simple, opposite, stipulate, 6.4- 10 crr long, ohovate, cuneate at base, roundedor retuse at apex, entire or t co glabrous above, paler beneath and punctate withnumcr,ius. minule. ndufar Juts each covered by a red scale; petioles 1 .2 in long;stipuies very inut tri persiSteilt; filowers regu’ar, bisexual, dull yellowish brown, I -1 .2cm d o ttry or ex panicles much shorter than lea pedicels glabrous, bracts minute;ser , fused into a 5-lobed, cup-shaped calyx, lobes very shallow and glabrous; petals 5,contorted in bud, rounded, concave, thick, dotted within; disc fleshy, perigynous,green and lobed; stamens 5, inserted on top of the disc; ovary superior, 3-Jocular withtwo pairs of ascending ovuies in each loculus, style short, stigma capitate; fruit abluntly trigonous, oblong-ovoid, loculicidal capsule, 10cm long, with four seeds ineach compartment, valves thick, coriaceo glabrous; seeds compressed, over 7.5cmlong, winged, orange-yellow. Flowers from March to May (Sri Lanka)
Uses
Snake bite, eye disease, pimples, swollen joints, snuff, headache, skin diseases,parangi (framboesia), leech repellents (Sri Lanka)
Locations Where Plants Is Conserved
Sri Lanka - Kanneliya
Remarks
Kokoona zeylanica (IPNI)

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