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Veronica beccabunga - Brooklime

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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.

Uses

scurvy, impurity of the blood, burns, ulcers, whitlows, Blotches, Pimples, Diarrhea, Sore throats

Parts Used

Leaves.

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[1]

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.

How to plant/cultivate

Easily grown in a moderately fertile wet soil, growing best in water up to 15cm deep[3]

Commonly seen growing in areas

north as the Shetland, Highlands ascending up to 2,800 feet, Ireland and the Channel Islands.

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