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Botanical Name Plant's Common Name Plant Family

MA001 : Hydrilla verticillata (L.f.) Royle

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Melghat's Flora's Serial No. : 488  
Class : Liliopsida - Monocotyledons
Order : Hydrocharitales
Family : Hydrocharitaceae - Tape-grass family
Genus : Hydrilla Rich. - hydrilla
Species : Hydrilla verticillata (L.f.) Royle - waterthyme
Plant Location in Melghat : Only in Devi Lake, Chikhaldara  
Plant Category : Aquatic  
Plant's Current Status : Endemic, Red List Category - Least Concern  
Plant Family : Hydrocharitaceae  
 
Plant Common Name : Waterthyme, hydrilla, Florida Elodea, Water Thyme, Indian Stargrass, Water Weed, Esthwaite Waterweed, Pani-birina/ Sial-bhobra-khar/ Patal-khar,
 
Synonym : Elodea verticillata (L.f.) F.Muell.
Epigynanthus blumei Hassk., nom. nud.
Hydora lithuanica (Rchb.) Besser
Hydrilla angustifolia Hassk.
Hydrilla dentata Casp.
Hydrilla dentata var. pomeranica (Rchb.) Casp.
Hydrilla lithuanica (Rchb.) Dandy.
Hydrilla najadifolia Zoll. & Moritzi.
Hydrilla ovalifolia Rich., nom. illeg.
Hydrilla polysperma Blatt.
Hydrilla roxburghii Steud.
Hydrilla subulata Royle.
Hydrilla verticillata var. brevifolia Casp.
Hydrilla verticillata var. crispa Casp.
Hydrilla verticillata var. roxburghii Casp.
Hydrilla verticillata var. tenuis Casp.
Hydrilla wightii Planch.
Hydrospondylus submersus Hassk.
Ixia aquatica Muhl. ex Spreng., nom. inval.
Serpicula verticillata L.f.
Udora lithuanica Rchb.
Udora occidentalis W.D.J.Koch.
Udora pomeranica Rchb.
Udora verticillata (L.f.) Spreng.
Vallisneria verticillata (L.f.) Roxb.
Description : Caulescent, glabrous, profusely branched freshwater herb with 5-50 mm long internodes and fibrous roots at some nodes. Leaves oblong-linear to lanceolate, green, margin serrate-dentate, apex acute-apiculate; nodal scales 2, axillary, membranous with orange brown cilia on margin. Male spathe 1.25-1.50 mm long, bursting open to liberate male flower, beset with subulate appendages. Male flower: sepals reflexed, 1.5-3 mm long; petals linear-spathulate, equalling the sepals, patent or reflexed, obtuse; stamens with minute filaments. Female spathe c. 5 mm long, reddish-brown striped, bidentate. Ovary oblong, 3.4 mm long, with 1.5-10 cm long slender rostrum. Fruits terete, 5-7 mm long. Seeds dark brown, c. 2.5 mm long.
 
Curated Medicinal Use / Activity : Used in the treatment of abscesses, boils and wounds, especially if there is debris in the wound. A dried powder of the plant is applied to cuts and wounds to help accelerate healing.
 
Plant's Phytochemicals : thymidine
Octadecanedioic acid
loliolide
Reference : ~ Dhore MA and Joshi PA; "Flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve"; Directorate, Project Tiger, Melghat (1988); PMID :