Hygrophila salicifolia (Vahl) Nees

[J.M. Garg]

Thanks, Lalithamba ji.

Adding a subject.

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From: Lalithamba Avadhanam <alali...@gmail.com>
Date: 25 August 2016 at 18:41
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Plant name: Hygrophila salicifolia (Vahl) Nees, Pl. Asiat. Rar. 3: 81. 1832.

Family: Acanthaceae

Description: 

Herbs, annual, 0.3-1 m tall. Stems 4-angled, rooting at lower nodes, glabrescent. Leaves opposite; sessile; lamina 4-10 × 0.8-1.5cm, linear-lanceolate, margin serrate, base attenuate, apex acute. Flowers 4-5mm across, in axillary whorls; bracts linear, bracteoles lanceolate, hispid on mid vein. Calyx lobes 5, divided half way down, lobes acute, unequal, hispid. Corolla pale purplish-blue, 2 lipped. Stamens 4, didynamous, included. G(2); stigma linear. Capsule oblong; seeds 8-12, orbicular, wooly when young.

Habitat & location: Found in moist swamps. 

Medicinal Uses: Same as H.auriculata

Thank you

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A.Lalithamba

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[J.M. Garg]

Thanks, Lalithamba ji.

It is now a syn. of Hygrophila ringens as per details herein.

Also there is lot of variations in the leaf shape as per images herein.