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21st Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest Natural World
Neelavela , Fringed spider flower

Fringed spider flower aka, Cleome rutidosperma , a common medicinal weed in the tropics , Africa and Asia. Used in traditional medicine as antipyretic , anti inflammatory , analgesic and anti diarrhoea.

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 06.2021
Date Uploaded: 11.2023
Photo Location: Trivandrum, India
Camera: X-T30
Copyright: © * Shajehan Sivasankara Pillai