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Tragia involucrata

Scientific Name
Tragia involucrata
Family Name
Euphorbiaceae
Common Names
Indian stinging nettle
Local Names
Barhanta (India), Wel kahambiliya (Sri Lanka)
Description
An erect, trailing or climbing, perennial, evergreen herb or shrub with slender stemscovered with stinging hairs. Leaves alternate, hairy, elliptic-lanceolate to broadlyovate, apex acuminate, base rounded or cordate with dentate or crenate margins.Flowers monoecious, yellowish, with short peduncles, borne in hairy, terminal andaxillary or leaf-opposed racemes; male flowers on the upper and female on the lowerpart of racemes. Fruit 3-lobed, white, more or less hispid. Seeds globose, smooth.(India)
Uses
Asthma, fever, diarrhoea, excessive urination, vomiting, dermatosis, itch, bronchitis,dysentery, epilepsy, snake bite (India)
Alteratives, cholagogue, bronchitis, cough, typhoid, pneumonia, laryngitis, leprosy,diaphoretic (Sri Lanka)
Locations Where Plants Is Conserved
Sri Lanka - Naula, Bibila, Kanneliya, Meegahak, Pinna
Remarks
Tragia involucrata (GRIN)

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