Tiny hair-like cells that beat together, `wafting’, like a field of corn. They have the specialised function of moving substances (eg. food) across an area. Cilia also serve as organs of locomotion for ciliate protozoa.... cilia
That part of the EYE that connects the iris and the choroid. The ciliary ring is next to the choroid; the ciliary processes comprise many ridges behind the iris, to which the lens’s suspensory ligament is attached; and the ciliary muscle contracts to change the curvature of the lens and so adjust the accommodation of the eye.... ciliary body
Habitat: Western Ghats from South Kanara to Travancore, in evergreen forests.
Ayurvedic: Sahachara (pale-rose- flowered var. used in Kerala). (Sahachara is equated with Barleria prionitis in other regions.)Siddha/Tamil: Kurinji, Sinnangur- inji.
Action: Used against neurological disorders, sciatica, glandular swellings and oedema.... nilgirianthus ciliatus