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Jalendri PRODUCT NAME

Cassytha filiformis L. SCIENTIFIC NAME

Common Name: Jalendri
Local Name: Jalendri (Durva).
Family: Lauraceae
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Product Description: Parasitic herbs with slender stems, forming a web over trees and bushes. Leaves of minute scales or 0. Flowers sessile, in lax or dense lateral spikes; bracteoles rounded, ciliate. Perianth lobes 6, twice the length of the bracteoles; outer sepals rounded, ciliate; inner sepals oblong. Drupe globose smooth, white.
NTFP Classification: Others

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Countries Found: India
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Uses: Plant used in religious ceremonies
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