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Botanical Name Plant's Common Name Plant Family

MH204 : Hygrophila serpyllum Nees T. Anderson

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Melghat's Flora's Serial No. : 388  
Class : Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons
Order : Scrophulariales
Family : Acanthaceae - Acanthus family
Genus : Hygrophila R. Br. - swampweed
Species : Hygrophila serpyllum Nees T. Anderson
Plant Location in Melghat : -  
Plant Category : Herbs  
Plant's Current Status : -  
Plant Family : Acanthaceae  
 
Plant Common Name : Sarapat, Marsh Carpet, Ran Tewan,
 
Synonym : Physichilus serpyllum
Adenosma polysperma
Ruellia polysperma
Description : a small, often prostrate herb. Stems grow to 30 cm long. Oppositely arranged elliptic leaves are 1-3 cm long. Flowers occur in a spike of pairs of flowers, at the end of stems. Bluish purple flower is two-lipped. The upper lip is short with two oblong lobes. The lower lip is 3-lobed, with the middle lobe larger than the others, and also pointed. Gregariously found in moist grasslands of Western Ghats.
 
Curated Medicinal Use / Activity :
 
Plant's Phytochemicals :
Reference : ~ Afzal K, Uzair M, Chaudhary BA, Ahmad A, Afzal S and Saadullah M; "Genus Ruellia: Pharmacological and Phytochemical importance in Ethnopharmacology"; Acta Pol Pharm (2015); 72(5): 821-27 PMID : 26665388

~ Dhore MA and Joshi PA; "Flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve"; Directorate, Project Tiger, Melghat (1988); PMID :