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'''Brooklime''' (Veronica beccabunga), also called European speedwell, is a succulent herb belonging to the family Plantaginaceae. It grows on the margins of brooks and ditches in Europe, North Africa and north and western Asia. It can be found on other continents as an introduced species. It has smooth spreading branches, blunt oblong leaves and small bright blue or pink flowers.
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'''Brooklime''' (Veronica beccabunga), also called European speedwell, is a succulent herb belonging to the family Plantaginaceae. It grows on the margins of brooks and ditches in Europe, North Africa and north and western Asia. It can be found on other continents as an introduced species. It has smooth spreading branches, blunt oblong leaves and small bright blue or pink flowers.The species name beccabunga comes from Danish bekkebunge (literally "brook bunch") or a similar source.<ref name="int"/>
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==Uses==
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{{Uses|Wounds}}, {{Uses|Cuts}}, {{Uses|Snakebites}}, {{Uses|Curing liver disorders}}, {{Uses|Skin eruptions}}, {{Uses|Blotches}}, {{Uses|Pimples}}, {{Uses|Diarrhea}}, {{Uses|Sore throats}}
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==Parts Used==
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{{Parts Used|Dried Folaige}}, {{Parts Used|Whole herb}}.
  
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The species name beccabunga comes from Danish bekkebunge (literally "brook bunch") or a similar source.<ref name="int"/>
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==Chemical Composition==
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Fresh juice and extract from the herb to contain a bitter principle soluble in water and alcohol, but scarcely in ether; precipitable by salts of lead, but not by tannin; an acrid principle and a red coloring matter, all contained in the precipitate with neutral acetate of lead, together with malic, tartaric, and citric acids<ref name="chemical composition"/>
  
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== Uses ==
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==Common names==
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{{Common names|kn=|ml=|sa=|ta=|te=|hi=|en=Agrimony}}
  
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Brooklime was of three traditional antiscorbutic herbs, used (alongside scurvy grass and watercress) in purported remedies for scurvy. However none of these herbs are rich in Vitamin C and the usual preparation by extracting of juices would have destroyed most of their content, rendering the preparations ineffectual against true scurvy.<ref name="des"/>
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==Habit==
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{{Habit|Perennial herb}}
  
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==common name==
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==Identification==
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===Leaf===
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{{Leaf|Opposite|short-stalked|Blade elongated sphere–ovate, round-tipped, fleshy, with entire margin or finely serrated}}.<ref name="Leaf"/>
  
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* '''English''' - Brooklime
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===Flower===
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{{Flower|Unisexual|5–7 mm (0.2–0.28 in.) wide|blue and dark-striped|Stamens 2| Calyx 4-lobed, lobes glabrous. . Gynoecium fused, single-styled. Inflorescence a short, lax axillary raceme. Flower-stalk shorter than subtending bract}}
  
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== References ==
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===Fruit===
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{{Fruit|Almost spherical|2.5–4 mm (0.1–0.16 in.) long|shallowly notched tip, 2.5–4 mm (0.1–0.16 in.) long, glabrous, brown capsule|With hooked hairs|}}
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<ref name="int">[http://www.calflora.net/botanicalnames/pageBA-BI.html CalFlora Botanical Names]</ref>
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===Other features===
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<ref name="des">[https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1036000/ "The rise and fall of the "antiscorbutics": some notes on the traditional cures for "land scurvy"]</ref>
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</references>
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==List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used==
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* [[Vishatinduka Taila]] as ''root juice extract''
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==Where to get the saplings==
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==Mode of Propagation==
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{{Propagation|Seeds}}, {{Propagation|Cuttings}}.
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==How to plant/cultivate==
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Easily grown in a moderately fertile wet soil, growing best in water up to 15cm deep<ref name="How to plant/cultivate"/>
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==Commonly seen growing in areas==
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{{Commonly seen|Tall grasslands}}, {{Commonly seen|meadows}}, {{Commonly seen|Borders of forests and fields}}.
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==Photo Gallery==
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<gallery class="left" caption="" widths="140px" heights="140px">
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File:Odermennig.jpg
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File:Agrimonia eupatoria02.jpg
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Image:Agrimonia eupatoria MHNT.BOT.2004.0.jpg
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</gallery>
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==References==
  
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== External Links ==
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<references>
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<ref name="chemical composition">[https://www.henriettes-herb.com/eclectic/kings/veronica.html "henrittes herbal"]</ref>
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<ref name="Leaf">[http://www.luontoportti.com/suomi/en/kukkakasvit/brooklime "nature gate"]</ref>
  
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*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veronica_beccabunga Veronica beccabunga]
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<ref name="How to plant/cultivate">[http://temperate.theferns.info/plant/Veronica+beccabunga "trophical palnts"]</ref>
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</references>
  
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==External Links==
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* [http://www.calflora.net/botanicalnames/pageBA-BI.html]
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* [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1036000/]
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* [https://gobotany.newenglandwild.org/species/veronica/beccabunga/]
 
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Brooklime

Brooklime (Veronica beccabunga), also called European speedwell, is a succulent herb belonging to the family Plantaginaceae. It grows on the margins of brooks and ditches in Europe, North Africa and north and western Asia. It can be found on other continents as an introduced species. It has smooth spreading branches, blunt oblong leaves and small bright blue or pink flowers.The species name beccabunga comes from Danish bekkebunge (literally "brook bunch") or a similar source.[1]

Uses

Wounds, Cuts, Snakebites, Curing liver disorders, Skin eruptions, Blotches, Pimples, Diarrhea, Sore throats

Parts Used

Dried Folaige, Whole herb.

Chemical Composition

Fresh juice and extract from the herb to contain a bitter principle soluble in water and alcohol, but scarcely in ether; precipitable by salts of lead, but not by tannin; an acrid principle and a red coloring matter, all contained in the precipitate with neutral acetate of lead, together with malic, tartaric, and citric acids[2]

Common names

Language Common name
Kannada
Hindi
Malayalam
Tamil
Telugu
Marathi NA
Gujarathi NA
Punjabi NA
Kashmiri NA
Sanskrit
English Agrimony


Habit

Perennial herb

Identification

Leaf

Kind Shape Feature
Opposite short-stalked Blade elongated sphere–ovate, round-tipped, fleshy, with entire margin or finely serrated

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Flower

Type Size Color and composition Stamen More information
Unisexual 5–7 mm (0.2–0.28 in.) wide blue and dark-striped Stamens 2 Calyx 4-lobed, lobes glabrous. . Gynoecium fused, single-styled. Inflorescence a short, lax axillary raceme. Flower-stalk shorter than subtending bract

Fruit

Type Size Mass Appearance Seeds More information
Almost spherical 2.5–4 mm (0.1–0.16 in.) long shallowly notched tip, 2.5–4 mm (0.1–0.16 in.) long, glabrous, brown capsule With hooked hairs {{{6}}}

Other features

List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used

Where to get the saplings

Mode of Propagation

Seeds, Cuttings.

How to plant/cultivate

Easily grown in a moderately fertile wet soil, growing best in water up to 15cm deep[4]

Commonly seen growing in areas

Tall grasslands, meadows, Borders of forests and fields.

Photo Gallery

  • Odermennig.jpg
  • Agrimonia eupatoria02.jpg
  • Agrimonia eupatoria MHNT.BOT.2004.0.jpg

References

  1. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named int
  2. ↑ "henrittes herbal"
  3. ↑ "nature gate"
  4. ↑ "trophical palnts"

External Links

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