Combretum Pilosum Roxb. as an Anthelmintic for Ascaris Lumbricoides
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at least on the lower surface, rarely glabrous; petioles ? ^ in. Bracteoles \ in., narrow?lanceolate, somewhat persistent. Panicles terminal, the racemes densely fulvous-villous, and congested. Ovary-sessile, young fulvous-villous. Calyx shortly constricted above the ovary then funnelshaped, hairy within and without; calyx-tube upwards 5-fluted, the segments triangular, acute, erect. Petals narrow-obovate, far exceeding the calyx, with rusty silky hairs on their backs. Disc low in the funnel of the calyx with short hair.
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