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[[File:Nymphoides indica (L.) Kuntze (2901553485).jpg|thumb|right|''Kumudini'', ''Nymphoides indica'']]
 
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'''Kumudini''', is an evergreen perennial plant growing in mud and shallow water, producing stems up to 1.5 metres long from a thick rhizome. The plant is sometimes harvested from the wild for local use as a food. It is often grown in ponds and boggy areas as an ornamental.
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'''Kumudini''' is an evergreen perennial plant growing in mud and shallow water producing stems up to 1.5 metres long from a thick rhizome. The plant is sometimes harvested from the wild for local use as a food. It is often grown in ponds and boggy areas as an ornamental.
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==Uses==
 
==Uses==
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{{Uses|Bleeding disorders}}, {{Uses|Dysentery}}, {{Uses|Wound healing}}, {{Uses|Leucorrhoea}}, {{Uses|Menorrhagia}}
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{{Uses|Bleeding disorders}}, {{Uses|Dysentery}}, {{Uses|Wound healing}}, {{Uses|Leucorrhoea}}, {{Uses|Menorrhagia}}.<ref name="Uses"/>
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==Parts Used==
 
==Parts Used==
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==Common names==
 
==Common names==
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{{Common names|kn=neeru thavare|ml=nedel-ambel, chinnambal|sa=|ta=|te=anthara thaamara|hi=kumudini, bara chuli|en=Water snowflake}}
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{{Common names|kn=Neeru thavare|ml=Nedel-ambel, Chinnambal|sa=|ta=|te=Anthara Thaamara|hi=Kumudini, Bara chuli|en=Water snowflake}}<ref name="Common names"/>
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==Properties==
 
==Properties==
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==Identification==
 
==Identification==
 
===Leaf===
 
===Leaf===
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{{Leaf|Simple||rhizome 2-3 cm thick with prominent branch scars. Primary fertile branches many, petiole-like and uniphyllous, highly variable in length depending on the depth of water; secondary branches sympodial, zig-zag, many-jointed, trailing on water surface; each joint uniphyllous; nodes often rooting. Leaves all cauline, fertile and floating, to about 25 cm across, ovate-orbicular, base deeply cordate with narrow sinuses, entire or subentire, fleshy, glossy green above, pale and gland-dotted beneath ; petiole to 3 cm long.}}<ref name="Leaf"/>
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{{Leaf|Simple||Rhizome 2-3 cm thick with prominent branch scars. Primary fertile branches many, petiole-like and uniphyllous, highly variable in length depending on the depth of water}}<ref name="Leaf"/>
  
 
===Flower===
 
===Flower===
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{{Flower|Bisexial|Umbellate clusters at leaf bases|White|5-8|Flowers bisexual, distylous in umbellate clusters from the junction of the petiole and the branch; bract to 7 x 4 mm, ovate or oblong; pedicel 5-10 cm long. Calyx deeply 5-partite; lobes to 6 x 2 mm, oblong-acute, green with hyaline margins. Corolla white with yellow throat; tube c. 2 mm long; lobes 5, to 13x4 mm, elliptic or oblong, acute, densely covered with long, white hairs within. Stamens as many as corolla lobes, dimorphic; filaments yellow. Ovary bottle- shaped; stigma sinuately 4-8 lobed; disc glands as many as stamens, orbicular. }}
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{{Flower|Bisexial|Umbellate clusters at leaf bases|White|5-8|Flowers bisexual, distylous in umbellate clusters from the junction of the petiole and the branch; bract to 7 x 4 mm, ovate or oblong}}
  
 
===Fruit===
 
===Fruit===
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{{Fruit|Capsule|||Capsules ellipsoid|Seeds c. 1.5 mm across, discoid, brownish, tubercled.}}
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{{Fruit|Capsule|||Capsules ellipsoid|Seeds c. 1.5 mm across, discoid, brownish, tubercled}}
  
 
===Other features===
 
===Other features===
  
 
==List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used==
 
==List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used==
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==Where to get the saplings==
 
==Where to get the saplings==
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==How to plant/cultivate==
 
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Succeeds in full sun and partial shade. Prefers a rich, sandy loam. Plants grow best when the roots are submerged in 30 - 60cm of water. The plant can spread rather vigorously when growing in areas with warm winters. It has become naturalized in southern Florida. Individual flowers only live for one day. Plantlets are formed at the leaves and can be used for propagation. <ref name="Cultivation details"/>
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Succeeds in full sun and partial shade. Prefers a rich, sandy loam. Plants grow best when the roots are submerged in 30 - 60cm of water.<ref name="Cultivation details"/>
  
 
==Commonly seen growing in areas==
 
==Commonly seen growing in areas==

Revision as of 10:53, 26 June 2020

Kumudini, Nymphoides indica

Kumudini is an evergreen perennial plant growing in mud and shallow water producing stems up to 1.5 metres long from a thick rhizome. The plant is sometimes harvested from the wild for local use as a food. It is often grown in ponds and boggy areas as an ornamental.

Uses

Bleeding disorders, Dysentery, Wound healing, Leucorrhoea, Menorrhagia.[1]

Parts Used

Tuber, Flowers, Stem, Seeds

Chemical Composition

[2]

Common names

Language Common name
Kannada Neeru thavare
Hindi Kumudini, Bara chuli
Malayalam Nedel-ambel, Chinnambal
Tamil
Telugu Anthara Thaamara
Marathi NA
Gujarathi NA
Punjabi NA
Kashmiri NA
Sanskrit
English Water snowflake

[3]

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

Pitta, Kapha

Prabhava

Habit

Aquatic herb

Identification

Leaf

Kind Shape Feature
Simple Rhizome 2-3 cm thick with prominent branch scars. Primary fertile branches many, petiole-like and uniphyllous, highly variable in length depending on the depth of water

[4]

Flower

Type Size Color and composition Stamen More information
Bisexial Umbellate clusters at leaf bases White 5-8 Flowers bisexual, distylous in umbellate clusters from the junction of the petiole and the branch; bract to 7 x 4 mm, ovate or oblong

Fruit

Type Size Mass Appearance Seeds More information
Capsule Capsules ellipsoid Seeds c. 1.5 mm across, discoid, brownish, tubercled {{{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

Succeeds in full sun and partial shade. Prefers a rich, sandy loam. Plants grow best when the roots are submerged in 30 - 60cm of water.[5]

Commonly seen growing in areas

Tropical area.

Photo Gallery

  • Leaves

  • Leaf and flowers

  • Flower

  • Flowers

  • Buds

References

  1. ↑ Uses
  2. ↑ [ Constituents]
  3. ↑ Vernacular names
  4. ↑ Botonic description
  5. ↑ Cultivation details

External Links

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