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Family: Amaranthaceae
Taxonomy: Plantae> Tracheophyta > Magnoliopsida > Caryophyllales > Amaranthaceae > Ouret > O. lanata
Common name [English]: Polpala
Vernacular name [Malayalam]: ചെറൂള, ചെറുപൂള, ബലിപ്പൂവ്
Nativity: Africa to Tropical Asia
Habitat: On field bunds, under trees, moist places, waste lands.
Description: Herbs, white woolly. Leaves: 3-4 x 3 cm, orbicular to ovate, apex obtuse, mucronate, pubescent above, densely woolly below, membranous; petiole 1 cm. Spikes: axillary, to 1 cm, densely tomentose; bracts and bracteoles 1 mm, ovate; tepals 1.5 mm, oblong, woolly mucronate; filaments basally connate, 0.5 mm, staminodes subulate; ovary 0.4.
Flowering and Fruiting : September-April
Uses : Ayurveda, Folk medicine, Siddha
Cultivation :Wild
References
http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org
https://indiabiodiversity.org
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