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Ludwigia perennis L.
Synonym
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Isnardia multiflora
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Family
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Onagraceae
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Local name
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Malayalam
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Neerkarayambu
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Flowering and fruiting period
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Throughout the year
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Distribution
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Tropical Africa,
Asia and Australia
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Distribution in kerala
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All Districts
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Habitat
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Waterlogged areas in grasslands
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Uses
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Tender shoot is rubbed on aching gums. Plant is boiled in
oil which is applied to body to bring down fever.
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Key
Botanical Characters:
Annual herbs, subglabrous or puberulent .
Leaves simple, alternate, elliptic, apex subacute, base narrowly cuneate;
Flowers from the upper leaf axils; . Sepals 4, rarely 5, glabrous or
puberulent. Petals yellow, elliptic emarginated. Stamens usually as many as
the sepals, rarely more.Capsule thin walled, terete, pale brown readily and
irregularly dehiscent;seeds in several rows in each locule, free, broadly
ellipsoid, brown, with fine brown lines.  |
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