Ebbu Kaatai PRODUCT NAME
Stenosiphonium parviflorum T.Anderson SCIENTIFIC NAME
| Common Name: | Ebbu Kaatai |
| Local Name: | Ebbu Kaatai (Kurumba). |
| Family: | Acanthaceae |
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| Product Description: | A large shrub Flower: In axillary or terminal spikes, pink turning white. Fruit: An oblong capsule. Seeds 4, orbicular, with silky hairs around. Upper woody roots exposed. Petiole winged with decurrent base of leaf upto 6cms. Leaves grey on the underside and dark green above. Good firewood |
| NTFP Classification: | Feed, fodder and fuelwood |
DISTRIBUTION
| Countries Found: | India |
| Description: | Hills above 800m in thickets and shola floors. Gregarious. Locally abundant in Peninsular India |
USES AND PARTS USED
| Parts Used: | stems |
| Uses: | The long erect stems used to build walls of adivasi homes, plastered with mud |
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| Partners: | Keystone Foundation |
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