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Veronica beccabunga - Brooklime
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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.
Uses
Parts Used
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
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
- Vishatinduka Taila as root juice extract
Where to get the saplings
Mode of Propagation
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
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References
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