826
Persicaria
hydropiper (L.) Delarbre
Synonym
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Persicaria hydropiper (L.)
Spach.
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Family
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Polygonaceae
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Flowering and fruiting period
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March-July
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Distribution
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Pantropical
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Distribution in Kerala
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Kottayam,
Alappuzha, Thrissur, Idukki,Malappuram, Wayanad
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Habitat
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Moist
localities in semi-evergreen forests
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IUCN Status
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Least
concerned
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Uses
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It is not
used very often, and is seen more as a domestic remedy being valued especially
for its astringent properties which makes it useful in treating bleeding,
skin problems, diarrhoea etc. The leaves are anti-inflammatory,astringent,
carminative, diaphoretic, diuretic, emmenagogue, stimulant, stomachic,
styptic.
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Key Botanical Characters :
Stout
herbs, procumbent below. Leaves shortly petiolate,linear-lanceolate acuminate,glabarous,gland-dotted; ocrea to 1.5 cm long,
tubular,glabrous, mouth with a few slender bristles. Flowers in terminal and axillary racemes to 7 cm long,
slender, lax, drooping.Bracts ovate, acute, gland-dotted. Perianth white with
pink shades, gland-dotted; lobes 5,long, ovate-obtuse. Stamens 5. Nuts
biconvex.
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