Limnophila indica

Limnophila indica is an amphibious, perennial plant. It can vary from a slender, gregarious plant about 5cm tall when growing on the mud of river banks and rice fields, to a long, much-branched, submerged herb with up to 15cm of stem emerging from the water, when growing in the deeper water of pools.

Uses

Dysentery, Diarrhoea, Dyspepsia, Dysentery, Strong fevers.

Parts Used

[[:Category:Herbs with used in medicine|]], stem, leaves, Root.

Common names

Language	Common name
Kannada	Amaragandhi
Hindi	Gulabi
Malayalam	Tsjeria manganari
Tamil
Telugu	Ambujam
Marathi
Gujarathi
Punjabi
Kashmiri
Sanskrit	Amragandhah
English	Indian marshweed

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

Prabhava

Habit

Perennial

Identification

Leaf

Kind	Shape	Feature

Flower

Type	Size	Color and composition	Stamen	More information
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Fruit

Type	Size	Mass	Appearance	Seeds	More information

Other features

Mode of Propagation

Seeds, Cuttings.

How to plant/cultivate

The plant is listed as a noxious weed in N. America.

Commonly seen growing in areas

Along riversides, Marshes.

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External Links

• Limnophila indica on flowgrow.de
• Limnophila indica on indiabiodiversity.org