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Lycopus europaeus - Gypsywort

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Lycopus europaeus, gypsywort

Lycopus europaeus is a perennial plant in the Lycopus genus native to Europe and Asia, and naturalized elsewhere.

Uses

Parts Used

Chemical Composition

It contains flavonoids, tannins, phenolic acid derivatives such as rosmarinic acid, a bitter essential oil and manganese, fluoride and other elements[1]

Common names

Language Common name
Kannada
Hindi
Malayalam
Tamil
Telugu
Marathi NA
Gujarathi NA
Punjabi NA
Kashmiri NA
Sanskrit
English Gypsywort


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

Identification

Leaf

Kind Shape Feature
Simple Opposite Stalkless–short-stalked. Leaf blade lanceolate–narrowly ovate, hairy, margin large-toothed–pinnately lobed.

[2]

Flower

Type Size Color and composition Stamen More information
Unisexual 4 mm Yellow 2 Corolla almost regular (actinomorphic), with white and red dots, approx

Fruit

Type Size Mass Appearance Seeds More information
Schizocarp 7–10 mm 4-parted schizocarp. Mericarps quadrangular, slightly flat, yellowish brown, with oil-secreting glands Many {{{6}}}

Other features

List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used

Where to get the saplings

Mode of Propagation

How to plant/cultivate

Tolerates most soil types so long as they are wet. Grows well in shallow water.[3]

Commonly seen growing in areas

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References

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