Monochoria vaginalis
| Author : (Burm.f.) Presl |
| Family : Pontederiaceae |
Habit: Aquatic herb |
| Sanskrit: Indeevarah |
| English: - |
Root, leaves,
burning sensation, stomach troubles, liver diseases, cough, asthma, scurvy, boils, bleeding
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Monochoria vaginalis |
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| Description | ||||||
| An aquatic herb with short, sub-erect spongy root-stocks found in paddy fields, margins of ponds or tanks, swamps and marshy places with linear to ovate and ovate-cordate or sub-reniform, long petioled leaves, blue flowers with red spots, in sub-spicate racemes and ellipsoid capsules. | ||||||
| Useful part | ||||||
Root, leaves, |
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| Medicinal Uses | ||||||
burning sensation, stomach troubles, liver diseases, cough, asthma, scurvy, boils, bleeding |
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| Major chemical constituents | ||||||
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