Family: Apiaceae
Synonym: Hydrocotyle
asiatica L.
Vernacular name: Kodangal, Kudakan,
Kuthirakkulambuchedi, Mutthil, Vellara
Habit: Herb
Habitat: Stream banks and other water
courses
Distribution: Tropical & sub-tropics to E.
Australia and W. Pacific
Flowering and Fruiting: Throughout the year
Key identification features: It is a prostrate herb with roots at nodes. The leaves are simple, alternate, and
orbicular-reniform.The flowers
are sessile and pink, arranged in 2-5 flowered umbels ranging in color
from pink to purple. The fruit is ovoid.
Uses: Occasional in moist places of low
lying areas along marshes. Considered highly medicinal and used in Ayurveda
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