Trees & Plants

Water primrose

Karanfoo

Ludwigia hyssopifolia (G. Don)

Common in marshy areas The plant is astringent, carminative, diuretic and anthelmintic and is useful in diarrhea and dysentery. The plant extract has moderate anti-tumour and antibacterial properties. Th reat & damage: An aggressive weed in rice fields and wetlands in several cou

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uses: The plant is astringent, carminative, diuretic and anthelmintic and is useful in diarrhea and dysentery. The plant extract has moderate anti-tumour and antibacterial properties. Th reat & damage: An aggressive weed in rice fields and wetlands in several countries in the Asia-Pacific region and in Nigeria, Trinidad and Colombia. 4,
family: Onagraceae
synonym: Jussiaea hyssopifolia G.Don, Jussiaea linifolia Vahl
description: Herbs; branchlets angled × or winged. Leaves simple, 2.5-5 1-2 cm, Th elliptic-lanceolate, apex gradually acute to acuminate, base cuneate, glabrous, in membranous; petiole to 1 cm long. Flowers solitary, axillary. Calyx tube narrow; lobes 4, ca. 3 mm long, lanceolate, persistent. Petals 4, obovate, yellow. Stamens 8; filaments unequal. Ovary 4-celled; ovules many; stigma 4-lobed. Capsule ca. 2 cm long, linear, terete, 8-ribbed; seeds dimorphic, uniseriate and embedded in endocarp below and pluriseriate and free above.
native range: Unknown
distribution: Pantropical Don) Exell
english names: Water primrose
flowering fruiting: August - December
occurrence maldives: Common in marshy areas