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Friday, November 9, 2012

Bim pol(Trichopus Zeylanicus)




A herb native to Sri Lanka, and found in the wet low lands, and also in Ritigala. The fruit is said to give strenth and vitality, and the Sanskrit name means "Health giving green". The export of the herb is forbidden in Sri Lanka presumably to privent bio-piracy. However, little is done in Sri Lanka about commercializing it.

Monday, November 5, 2012

Kadu Pahara(Emilia sonchifolia )

























Botanical name:Emilia sonchifolia
Family:Asteraceae
Names in different languages:
    English:
    Sinhala :
 Kadu Pahara 
    Tamil  :
    Sanskirt  :
Distribution:-China, India, Southeast Asia-and naturalized in Africa, Australia, the Americas, and various oceanic islands.
.Edible parts:None
Ayurvedic usage:
Treatment for:Wounds, Scorpion bites, Insect bites,Eczemas, Ulcers, Cut injuries.
Parts used to make medicine:Whole plant
Propagation:Seeds

















A perennial herb with prostrate or decumbent stems, becoming erect at the ends, much branched, glabrous and often rooting; leaves simple, alternate, 
sessile.

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