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Hypericum oblongifolium Choisy.
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- Local Name:
- Pinli.
- Synonym:
- Hypericum cernuum Roxb. Ex D.Don .
- Habit & Habitat:
- A much branched shrub up to 1.5 m tall, usually on steep rocks in sub-tropical and temperate zones.
- Plant Description:
- Leaves simple, sessile, oblong or ovate, or oblong to elliptic,entire. Inflorescence a cyme, few-flowered. Flower actinomorphic, yellow. Sepals ovate to elliptic-oblong, entire. Petals yellow, narrowly obovate. Fruit a capsule,ovoid to conic.Seed1mm long, apiculate.
- Flowering and Fruiting:
- June-November.
- Harvesting Time:
- July-December.
- Medicinal Value:
- It has anti-ulcer, anti-inflammatory, anti-microbial properties, treats infection, wound healer. [12] Leaf juice is an antidote against snakebite.
- Part Used:
- Flower, Leaf, Root.
- Occurrence:
- Uncommon.
- Future Perspective:
- Cultivation, Collection, Herbal Pharmacy.
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