Hydrocotyle javanica, kattukodangal, Java Pennywort, കാട്ടുകൊടങ്ങല്‍, കാട്ടു കുടങ്ങൽ

Family: Apiaceae
Vernacular names: kattukodangal, കാട്ടുകൊടങ്ങല്‍, കാട്ടു കുടങ്ങൽ (Malayalam), Java Pennywort (English), Malai vallarai (Tamil)
Distribution: Tropical Asia
Description: Prostrate herbs. Leaves alternate, orbicular, 7-9 lobed, 7-9ribbed, variously serrate on margins. Flowers white, sessile in capitate clusters, umbelled on 1-6 cm long peduncles. Fruit 3-ridged.
Habit: Herb
Habitat: Along stream banks in evergreen forests and similar habitats
Flowering & Fruiting: October-May

Parts used: Whole plant
Properties & Uses: Whole plant is used as a blood purifier and stomachic. Whole plant juice given in gastric disorder, diarrhoea and dysentery. Fresh leaves chewed as a remedy for tonsillitis, asthma and bronchitis.
Systems of Medicines: Ayurveda, Folk,
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