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| Botanical Name | Ceropegia juncea Roxb. |
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| Tamil Name | Velipulichan |
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| Family | Apocynaceae |
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| Cotyledon | Dicot |
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| Habit | Climber |
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| Description | Twining plant with branched fibres, tuberous root, flowers are greenish, speckled and veined with pink and purple, long beaked |
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| Medicinal uses | • Anti - ulcer |
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| | • anti- bacterial |
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| | • anti - inflammatory |
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| | • analgesic and |
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| | • anti - pyretic |
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| Places / Locations | * Dindigul District |
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| | * Perunkudi, Madurai District |
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| | * Nellithurai Beat, Karamadai, Coimbatore |
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| | * Pudukkanelli, Karur District |
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| | * Vellakoil, Tiruppur District |
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