Rotula aquatica Lour.
- Family: Boraginaceae
- Vernacular names: Kallurvanchi, Kallorvachi, കല്ലൂർവഞ്ചി (Malayalam), Pashanabheda (Sanskrit), Seppunerinji (Tamil)
- Distribution: Pantropical
- Description: Stout shrubs; branched virgate, usually pinkish, glabrous. Leaves alternate or fascicled oblong-oblanceolate, obtuse, sessile. Flowers pink or purple, solitary axillary or in few flowered cymes. Drupe with 4, 1-seeded pyrenes, free, yellowish, smooth.
- Habit: Shrub
- Habitat: Rocky riverbeds
- Flowering & Fruiting: November-March
- Parts used: Root
- Properties & Uses: Diuretic and laxative. It is effective against kidney stones and bladder stones. Also used as a remedy for coughs, heart problems, blood disorders, fever, diabetes, poisoning, ulcer and uterine diseases.
- Systems of Medicines: Ayurveda, Folk, Unani,
- Traditional Uses:The decoction of the root taken internally for the treatment of urinary disorders.
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