Hydrolea zeylanica

Hydrolea zeylanica is an erect to prostrate, perennial herb, often branched and growing about from 10 - 60cm tall. The plant is sometimes (semi-)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.

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.

Habit

Perennial

Identification

Leaf

Kind	Shape	Feature

Flower

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Fruit

Type	Size	Mass	Appearance	Seeds	More information

Mode of Propagation

Seeds, Root offshoots.

Commonly seen growing in areas

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

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External Links

• Hydrolea zeylanica on flowersofindia.net
• Hydrolea zeylanica on stuartxchange.org
• Hydrolea zeylanica on indiabiodiversity.org