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Microcos paniculata
About
Microcos paniculata is a flowering shrub native to China and south-east Asia including India. It is also included in Indian Ayurveda. It is sometimes added to Chinese herbal tea, having a mildly sour taste. In traditional Chinese medicine the plant is believed to help the digestive system, and it is also used for other health problems including colds, hepatitis, diarrhea, heat stroke, and dyspepsia.
- Family
- Malvaceae
Ecology
How it lives
- Propagated by
- Seed
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- Name
- Microcos paniculata
- Slug
- microcos-paniculata
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Family
- Malvaceae
- Genus
- Microcos
- Species
- paniculata
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 43
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