Difference between revisions of "Hydrolea zeylanica"

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Hydrolea zeylanica is an erect to prostrate, perennial herb, often branched and growing about from 10 - 60cm tall. The plant is sometimes cultivated for the leafy tips, which are eaten in salads.

Uses

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Parts Used

Young leaves.

Chemical Composition

Shoots yield flavanoids - kaempferol and quercetin. Study of flavonoid content of shoots showed: total flavonoids, 10.1/100 g fw, dry matter 18.3, quercetin 2.2, kaempferol 7.9.^[2]

Common names

Language	Common name
Kannada
Hindi	Koliary
Malayalam	Cheruvallel
Tamil	Vellel
Telugu
Marathi	Popti
Gujarathi
Punjabi
Kashmiri
Sanskrit
English	Ceylon Hydrolea

Properties

Reference: Dravya - Substance, Rasa - Taste, Guna - Qualities, Veerya - Potency, Vipaka - Post-digesion effect, Karma - Pharmacological activity, Prabhava - Therepeutics.

Dravya

Rasa

Guna

Veerya

Vipaka

Karma

Prabhava

Habit

Perennial

Identification

Leaf

Kind	Shape	Feature

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Flower

Type	Size	Color and composition	Stamen	More information
				{{{5}}}

Fruit

Type	Size	Mass	Appearance	Seeds	More information

Other features

List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used

Where to get the saplings

Mode of Propagation

Seeds, Root offshoots.

How to plant/cultivate

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Commonly seen growing in areas

Moist places near ditches, Paddies, Pond margins, Streamsides, Open forests.

Photo Gallery

References

↑ Indian Medicinal Plants by C.P.Khare
↑ Chemistry
↑ [Morphology]
↑ [Cultivation]

External Links

[Uses-1] Indian Medicinal Plants by C.P.Khare

[chemical_composition-2] Chemistry

[Leaf-3] [Morphology]

[How_to_plant.2Fcultivate-4] [Cultivation]

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