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- Local Name:
- Pili Bantil.
- Synonym:
- Impatiens chrysantha Hook. f.
- Habit & Habitat:
- A branched leafy annual herb, up to 60 cm tall, found in temperate zone.
- Plant Description:
- Leaves simple, elliptic-ovate, acuminate, glandular towards the base. Inflorescence a subterminal raceme. Flower zygomorphic, yellow,streaked red in throat. Lateral sepals green, lower sepals funnel shaped, narrowed into recurved spur. Fruit a capsule, 20-30mm long, linear and erect. Seed oblong.
- Flowering and Fruiting:
- July-September.
- Harvesting Time:
- August-October.
- Medicinal Value:
- Locally paste is used in burns as a cooling tonic, also has antibiotic properties useful in skin diseases. Aqueous extract is antipyretic.
- Part Used:
- Whole plant.
- Occurrence:
- Common.
- Future Perspective:
- Collection, Drying, Packing, Herbal Pharmacy.
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