Description
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Intermediate zone
The leaves grow in a rosette pattern from a base stem. Churang leaves are bright green in color and are covered in small spikes which are soft when young and sharper once leaves have matured. The plant blooms with long, twisted dark red to purple flowers. The sharpness of the “kohila” spines is the basis of a sinhala proverb: “Kimbulage dathen beerunath kohila katuven beerenna baehae”
Use for the treatments in Ayurvedic medicine for dysentery, dyspepsia and piles. In India, it is used for colic and intestinal diseases and used to treat for intestinal worm infestation. It is used to treat for asthma, bronchitis and coughs
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