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Andrographis paniculata – Kalomegh |
The small flowers in lax panicles, up to 9 cm (3.5 in) long.
Pedicels up 5 mm long, glandular pubescent. Bracts 2 mm long, lanceolate. Sepals
up to 4 mm long, linear-lanceolate, segments equal, glandular-pubescent on the
outside. Corolla up to 16 mm (6.5 in) long, white, lower lip deeply 3 lobed
with deep purplish marking inside at the base, upper lip notched or 2 toothed.
Stamens 2, filaments hairy, exerted, anther cells oblong, base bearded. Ovary
seated on a small disc, style slender, stigma minutely bifid. The fruit is a
capsule up to 2 cm (0.80 in) long and 4 mm wide, linear-oblong, acute at base,
pointed at apex. The seeds are 2 mm long, sub quadrate, yellowish-brown in
color.
Mostly the leaves and roots were used for medicinal purposes
also the whole plant is used in some cases. Very widely used as a medicine in
liver complaints and as a febrifuge. Commonly substituted for Chirata (Swertia
chirata Ham.) by the crude drug dealers. It has been used in Siddha and
Ayurvedic medicine, and promoted as a dietary supplement for cancer prevention
and cure.
The seeds should be conserved in seed banks, and large-scale
cultivation should be taken up to ease pressure on the wild population. The seeds
are sown during May and June. The seedlings are transplanted at a distance of
60 cm and cultivation near homesteads.
Leaves of Kalomegh |
Andrographis paniculata Leaves |
Flower of Kalomegh |
Andrographis paniculata Leaves |
Kalomegh Leaves |
Flower of Andrographis paniculata |
Andrographis paniculata – Kalomegh Flower |
Fruit of Kalomegh |
Seeds Capsule of Kalomegh |
Andrographis paniculata Seeds Capsuls |
Andrographis paniculata Fruits |
Bark of Kalomegh |
Andrographis paniculata Barks |
Kalomegh as Commercial Cultivation |
Andrographis paniculata – Kalomegh |
Andrographis paniculata – Kalomegh |
Kalomegh - Chirata |
Chirata |
Andrographis paniculata – Kalomegh |
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