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Limnophila indica (L.)Druce.
Synonym
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Ambulia indica
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Family
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Scrophulariaceae
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Local name
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English-Indian marshweed
Malayalam-Manganari
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Flowering
and fruiting period
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September-December
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Distribution
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Pantropical
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Distribution
in kerala
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All districts
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Habitat
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Along
banks of streams and marshy areas
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IUCN Status
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LC
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Uses
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Considered to be carminative and antiseptic. A liniment
prepared from the plant is used for the treatment of
elephantiasis and the juice of the plant is used in
pestilent fevers
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Key botanical characters :
Amphibious annual
herbs. Leaves dimorphic; submerged leaves deeply dissected with flattened or
capillary lobes; upper leaves decussate to whorled, variously dissected, 5-15
x 4-6 mm, linear-. Flowers solitary, axillary; pedicels to 1 cm long. Calyx
membraneous, c. 5 mm long, lobes as long as the tube, linear-lanceolate.
Corolla 8-10 mm long, tube white, mouth yellow with purple shades, lobes
orbicular. Stamens 4. Ovary c. 1.5 mm long, ellipsoid. Capsule c. 3 mm long,
ellipsoid or sub-globose. Seeds angular, small, numerous, black.
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