Hybanthus enneaspermus - Pink ladies slipper

❏ Binomial Name : Hybanthus enneaspermus (L.) F.Muell.

❏ Synonym : Ionidium enneaspermum,Calceolaria enneasperma,Viola linifolia

❏ Family : Violaceae

❏ Common Name : Pink ladies slipper

❏ Tamil Name : Orilai Thamarai

❏ Hindi Name : Ratan purush

❏ IUCN status: Not Evaluated

Hybanthus enneaspermus Botanical Description:

Annual herbs to 30 cm high; stem woody at base, scabrous. Leaves subsessile, linear-lanceolate, base attenuate, margins distantly crenate, crenations scabrous hairy, apex acute, hirsute; stipules 1-2 mm long, linear-lanceolate. Flowers axillary, solitary; pedicel long, slender. Sepals 5, subequal, lanceolate, acute, ciliate. Petals 5, pinkish, unequal; lower one 0.8-1.5 cm long, suborbicular, clawed, other 4 smaller, 3-5 mm long, elliptic or triangular-oblong. Stamens 5, 2 mm long. Ovary ovoid, 1-celled; ovules many; style clavate; stigma oblique. Capsules 5-8 mm long, ovoid. Seeds many, ovoid. Fl. & Fr.: July-November.

Hybanthus enneaspermus Medicinal uses:

❀ This herb used as a diuretic, demulcent and tonic.

❀ Decoction of leaves and tender stalks is demulcent.

❀ The fruit is used to treat scorpion sting.

❀ The root is diuretic and is used in urinary affections and bowel complaints of children.

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