Allmania nodiflora - Node Flower Allmania

❏ Binomial Name : Allmania nodiflora (L.) R.Br. ex Wight

❏ Synonym : Allmania longipedunculata, Chamissoa aspera,Celosia nodiflora, Chamissoa albida

❏ Family : Amaranthaceae

❏ Common Name : Node Flower Allmania 

❏ Tamil Name : Kumattikkirai, Kiraikkummatti

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❏ IUCN status: Not Evaluated

Allmania nodiflora Botanical Description

Diffuse or erect herbs, stem puberulus. Leaves simple, alternate, 2-6 x 1-1.5 cm, elliptic-oblong, apex acute, entire, glabrous. Flowers in terminal and axillary globose congested cymes, pedicelled; bracts and bracteoles 4 mm long, lanceolate, acuminate with filiform tips. Tepals 5, equal, 5 x 1 mm, lanceolate, acute, free to the base, 1-nerved, glabrous. Stamens 5, filaments united below into a membranous cup, glabrous. Ovary obovoid, 1-celled, 1-ovuled, style 1, slender, stigma 2-toothed. Achenes 3 x 2 mm, ellipsoid with a long beak, biconvex, black. Fl. &Fr.: July-October

Allmania nodiflora Medicinal uses

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