Ayurvedic Medicinal Plants

Sri Lanka's Ayurvedic tradition features a rich variety of medicinal plants used for centuries. Sri Lanka has a rich tradition of Ayurvedic medicine, drawing on its indigenous knowledge and a variety of medicinal plants. Here are some notable Ayurvedic medicinal plants found in Sri Lanka:

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Paramignya monophylla

Paramignya monophylla is a Woody climber. Leaves mostly 5 - 10 cm long, sometimes larger, mostly oblong-ovate or broad lanceolate, at base rounded, at apex obtuse to acute, sometimes emarginated, giabrous or glabrate but the midrib beneath remaining pubescent. Flowers 1 - 3 in axils, in a cyme or fascicleonly a little longer than the petiole. Fruit globose-obovoid pyriform, angular or furrowed, pubescent. Seeds large, compressed, several per fruit.

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Paramignya monophylla is part of the catalog of ayurvedic medicinal plants of Sri Lanka.