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MEDICINAL PLANTS 90 Fio. 142. Cuscutacn nensis. A, plant parasitic on Mikanta scandens B, plant showing 2clusters of flowers. C. side view of a flower. D, calyx spread out. E, corolla spread out showing scales. F, ovary with 2 styles.
3. Cuscuta chinensis Lam., Encycl. Method. 2: 229. 1786. (Fig. 142). Engl. Dodder; Sinh. Agamulanctivcl. CONVOLVULACEAE A leafless, twining annual with very slender, much branched, yellowish stems forming a tangled mass, parasitic on stems and leaves of low herbs and shrubs by means of discs; flowers white, bisexual, about 3 mm across, sessile or shortly pedicelled in clusters of one to many: bracts 2 mm long, 1.5 mm broad, ovate, rounded at apex; sepals 5, orbicular, 1 5 mm long, I—1.5 mm broad, connate, rounded at apex; petals 5, 2.5 mm long. 1.5 mm broad, oblong, connate, companulate, with fimbriate scales at the throat of the corolla just below the stamens, stamens 5, fused with the corolla-tube between segments, filaments 0.7 mm long; ovary superior globular, smooth, 1 mm long, 1.5—1.7 mm broad, 2-locular with two ovules in each loculus, styles 2,0.5—0.7 mm long, stigmas capitate; fruit capsules about 2.5 mm in diameter, globose, divided into two lobes by a deep groove at the top, seeds rough and black. Flowers during April, November and December. Illustration. Wight, Ic. PI. Ind. Orient. 4: pi. 1373. 1850. Distribution. Occurs in India, Ceylon, Persia and Australia. In Ceylon, it is rather rare in the moist low-country, parasitic on grass and low herbs and shrubs. Peradeniya, Ratnapura, Colombo, etc. India. Silhet, rVallich 1320. Ceylon. Central Prov., Gannoruwa, Herb. Peradeniya, July, 1915; Javaweera 1876, Oct. 1961. Western Prov., Colombo, Drieberg, June 1915; Ferguson, Nov. 1892; Thwaite* CP. 611. Rao 4, Oct. 1927. Uses. The properties of this parasite arc the same as those of Cuscuta refiexa. The young shoots are made into a lotion and applied on sore heads and inflamed eyes in China. The seeds are said to be tonic, diaphoretic and demulcent. 91
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Introduction CONTENTS 23. CACTACEAE
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Page 17. Momordica dioica Roxb. ...
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REPRINT OF MEDICINAL PLANTS (INDIGE
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79 For Wedelta chinenesis (Osbeck)
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199 For Croton tiglium Linn, read:
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I I PART II
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23. CACTACEAE 1. Opantia dillenii (
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24. CAMPANULACEAE 1. Lobelia nicoti
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25. CANNABINACEAE I. Cannabis sativ
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26, CAPPARIDACEAE 1. Capparis horri
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2. Capparis moooil Wight, III. 1: 3
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3. Capparis zeylanica Linn. Sp. PI.
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4. Crataevo religiose Forst. (.. Pr
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5. Gynandropsis gynandra (Linn.) Me
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CAPPARIDACEAE 6. Polanisia icosandr
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CARICACEAE The Caribbeans used the
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28. CELASTRACEAE 1. Celastrus panic
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2. Elaeodendroa glancom (Rottb.) Pe
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3. Kokoona ceylanlca Thwaites in Ho
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29. COMBRETACEAE 1. Anogelssus lati
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2. Termroalia arjuna Wight and Arn.
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3. Terminalia bellirka (Gaertn.) Ro
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4. Terminalia catappa Linn. Mant. 5
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3. Terminalia chebula Rciz., Obs. 5
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Page 56 and 57: 30. COMMELINACEAE I. Commelina diff
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Page 60 and 61: 31. COMPOSITAE I. Ageratum cooyzoid
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Page 70 and 71: COMPOSITAE 6. Centipeda minima (L.)
Page 72 and 73: 7 Eclipta prostata (Linn.) Linn. Ma
Page 74 and 75: 8. Elephantopus scaber Linn., Sp. P
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Page 78 and 79: 10. Eupatorium triplinerve Vahl, Sy
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Page 107 and 108: 4. Cuscuta rtflexa Roxb. P!. Corom
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Page 111 and 112: 6. Ipomoea angustlfolia Jacq., Ic.
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Page 115 and 116: 8. Ipomoea asarifolia (Oesr.) Roem.
Page 117 and 118: CONVOLVULACEAE 9. Ipomoea mauritian
Page 119 and 120: CONVOLVULACEAE 10. Ipomoea maxima (
Page 121 and 122: 11. Ipomoea nil (Linn!) Roth. Cat a
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Page 129 and 130: CONVOLVULACEAE 15. Operculina turpe
Page 131 and 132: 34. CRASSULACEAE 1. Kalanchoe lacin
Page 133 and 134: 35. CRUCIFERAE 1. Brassica alba Hoo
Page 135 and 136: CRUCIFERAE 2. Brassica integrifolia
Page 137 and 138: CRUC1FERAE 3. Brassica nigra (Linn.
Page 139 and 140: 36. CUCURMTACEAE 1. Benincasa hispi
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Page 145 and 146: CUCURBITACEAE 4. Colocynthis citnil
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Page 149 and 150: CUCURBITACEAE 6. Corallocarpus epig
Page 151 and 152: CUCURBITACEAE 7. Cucumis callosus (
Page 153 and 154: CUCURBITACEAE 8. Cucumis melo var.
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9. Cucumis sativus Linn. Sp. PI. 10
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10. Cucurbita maxima Duchesne in La
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CUCURBITACEAE 11. Lagenaria sicerar
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12. LufTa acutangula Roxb. Hort Ben
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13. Luffa cylindrica (Linn.) M. Roe
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14. Melothria heterophylla Cogn. in
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CUCURBITACEAE IS. Melothria maderas
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CUCURBITACEAE 16. Momordica charant
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17. Momordica dioica Roxb. in Willd
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18. Trichosanthes anguina Linn., Sp
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19. Trichosanthes bracteata (Lam.)
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20. Trichosanthes cucumerina Linn.
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21. Zanonia indica Linn.. Sp. PI. e
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37. CYCADACEAE 1. Cycas circinalis
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38. CYPERACEAE I. Cyperus rotundus
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39. DILLENIACEAE 1. Dillenia indica
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2. Dillenia retusa Thunb. in Trans.
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40. DIPTEROCARPEAE 1. Dipterocarpus
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2. Dipterocarpus zeyJan'cns Thw., E
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3. Shore* robusta Gaertn. f. Fruct.
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41. EBENACEAE Diospyros malabarica
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2. Rhododendron zeylanicum Booth in
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43. ERYTHROXYLACEAE 1. Erythroxytum
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2. Erythroxylum moonii Hochr. in Bu
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44. EUPHORBIAGEAE 1. Acolypha indic
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2- Bridelia retusa (Linn.) Spreng.
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3. CleisUnthus coUinus (Roxb.) Bent
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4. Croton laccifeius Linn., Sp. PI.
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EUPHORBIACEAE - 5. Croton tiglium L
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6. Dimorphocalyx glabellus Thwaites
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7. Euphorbia antiquorum Linn. Sp. P
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8. Euphorbia hirta Linn. Sp. PI. 45
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9. Euphorbia indica Lamk. Diet. 2:
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10. Euphorbia neriifolia Linn. Sp.
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U Euphoribta Ihymifolia Linn. Sp. P
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12. Euphorbia tirucalli Linn. Sp. P
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13. Excoecaria agallocha nn Syst Na
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14. Jatropha curcas Linn. Sp. PI. 1
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15. Jatropha glandulifera Roxb.. Fl
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16. Jntropho podagrica Hook., Bot.
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EUPHORBIACEAE 17. Macaranga peltata
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EUPHORBIACEAE 18. Ma Hot us philipp
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19. Phyilanthus debilis Klein ex Wi
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EUPHORBIACEAE 20. Phyilanthus embli
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21. Pbytlanthus reticularus Poir.,
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22. Phyilanthus urinaria Linn. Sp.
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23. Putran]lva roxburghii Wall., Te
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24. Ricinus communis Linn. Sp. PI.
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MEDICINAL PLANTS
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MEDICINAL PLANTS FlO. 216. Securine
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MFDICINAL PLANTS 244 Fio. 217. Trag
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MEDICINAL PLANTS 246 FIG. 218. Quer
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INDEX T O PLANTS ACCORDING T O THER
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Operculina turpethum. US Phyilanthu
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Centipede bites Cucurbita maxima, 1
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Operculina turpethum, 115 Phyilanth
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Eye diseases Kokoona zeylanica, 27
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HemJphlegiu Colocynthis vulgaris, 1
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Metrorrhagia Artemisia vulgaris, 51
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Euphorbia nertifolia, 209 Ipomoea n
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Sprue Cucumis sativus, 141 Sprains
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Phyllanthus debilis, 227 Terminalia
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Sal-gaha, 179 Sanninayan, 73 Sara l
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Kumbam, US Kumbanjan, 115 Kunasagam
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Abies chilotnsls Hort., 83 chllrowe
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Convolvulus paimata Mocnch, 113 pan
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keynttVfa.ll., 105 insignis Andr.,
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Terminalia alaia Roth., 39 arjuna W
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