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Justicia
Justicia procumbens L.
EOL Text
"Karnataka: Belgaum, Chikmagalur, Cooorg, Dharwar, Hassan, Mysore, N. Kanara, S. Kanara Kerala: Alapuzha, Idukki, Kollam, Kozhikode, Malapuram, Palakkad, Pathanamthitta, Thiruvananthapuram, Thrissur Tamil Nadu: Coimbatore, Dindigul, Madurai, Namakkal, Nilgiri, Tirunelveli"
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Global Distribution
Indo-Malesia and Australia
Indian distribution
State - Kerala, District/s: All Districts
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Distribution: Australia, Malayasia India, Sri Lanka and Pakistan.
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Annual, diffusely branched, up to 30 cm, herb with procumbent to ascending strigose-hispid, sulcate branches. Leaves on c. 5 mm long petioles; lamina lanceolate-elliptic, 1-2 (-3) x 0.5-1 (-1.2) cm, scabrid above, glabrescent strigose hairy beneath, entire, acute at base and apex, drying dark green. Inflorescence a terminal, up to 2.5 cm long spike. Flower pink, c. 10 mm long; bracts obovate, c. 4 mm long, midrib broad, scarious-ciliate on margins; bracteoles lanceolate, slightly longer and broader than bracts, margins narrowly scarious-ciliate, acute. Calyx 4-lobed, rarely a 5th rudimentary lobe present, lobes lanceolate, c. 4 mm long, subequal, margins scarious-ciliate, acute. Corolla tube c. 3.5 mm long, narrow, upper lip nearly as long as tube, slightly notched; lower lip ± orbicular, c. 6 mm long, puberulous outside, 3-lobed. Staminal filaments c. 3 mm long, anthers oblong, c. 0.7 mm long. Ovary oblong, pubescent; style filiform, c. 4 mm long, Capsule oblong, as long as style, sparsely hairy, pointed. Seeds ± ovate, c. 1 mm long.
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"Diffuse herbs, profusely branched. Leaves 4-6 x 2-3 cm, ovate, acute at both ends, hispid, nerves 5 pairs; petiole 1 cm long, hirsute. Spikes 1-2.5 x 1 cm, terminal, oblong; bracts 5 x 1.5 mm, oblanceolate, cuspidate, ciliate, with green midrib; bracteoles linear. Flowers many; calyx lobes 3.5 mm long, lanceolate, ciliate; corolla 7 mm long, hairy with pink lines, upper lip 2-lobed. Capsule 5 x 2 mm, glabrous; seeds 1 x 1 mm. orbicular, brown, striately rugose."
Habit: Herb
"Moist deciduous forests and grasslands, also in the plains"
Flowering and fruiting: June-December
Fl. Per.: December-March.
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Justicia procumbens, commonly known as Water Willow, (Marathi: करंबल Karambal, पित्तपापडा Pitpapada, कलमाशी Kalmashi)[1](Tamil:கோடகசாலை--kOdakasAlai), is a small plant endemic to India.
The juice of leaves is squeezed in the eyes in case of ophthalmia.[2]
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