Monochoria vaginalis | SMPB Kerala

Family: Pontederiaceae
Vernacular names: Karimkoovalum, കരിംകൂവളം (Malayalam), Oval Leaf Pondweed (English), Indivarah (Sanskrit), Karimkuvalam (Tamil)
Distribution: India to China, Malesia and Japan
Description: Erect semi-aquatic herbs. Leaves obovate, base cordate, apex abruptly acuminate. Inflorescence of solitary terminal raceme. Flowers blue. Capsule oblong; seeds many, oblong, ribbed.
Habit: Aqualtic Plant
Habitat: Paddy fields and wet lowlands
Flowering & Fruiting: July-November

Parts used: Whole plant
Properties & Uses: Root and leaves are cooling, bitter, sweet, aromatic, diuretic and tonic. Root stock is useful in burning sensation, vitiated conditions of pitta, dipsea, strangury, gastropathy, hepatopathy, cough, asthma, odontalgia, scurvy, boils and hemorrhages.
Systems of Medicines: Ayurveda, Folk, Unani,
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