Callicarpa vestita Wall. ex C.B.Clarke

Species

Angiosperms > Lamiales > Lamiaceae > Callicarpa

Characteristics

A small tree. The stems are dark brown. The young shoots have a brown covering. The leaves are oval and taper to the tip. They have fine silky hairs underneath. The base is rounded or heart shaped. The flowers are pink.
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Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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It is a subtropical plant.
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Usage

The bark and roots are chewed as a substitute for betel nut.
Uses medicinal
Edible barks roots
Therapeutic use Aphthae (unspecified), Deobstruent (unspecified), Fever (unspecified), Hepatic-Obstruction (unspecified), Hepatitis (unspecified), Skin (unspecified), Masticatory (unspecified), Stomatitis (unspecified)
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Distribution

Callicarpa vestita world distribution map, present in Bangladesh and Nepal

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:861523-1
WFO ID wfo-0000771584
COL ID PMKK
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Synonyms

Callicarpa lanata Callicarpa hookeri Callicarpa vestita