Pan India Bouquets

Hydrolea zeylanica (L.) Vahl

Family : Hydroleaceae
(Waterleaf Family)
Family (Hindi name) : KOLIARY FAMILY
Family (as per The APG System III) : Hydroleaceae
Basionym : Nama zeylanica L.
Synonym(s) : Nama erecta Roxb.; Steris aquatica Burm.f.; Beloanthera oppositifolia Hassk.; Hydrolea arayatensis Blanco; Hydrolea ceilonica F.Muell.; Hydrolea inermis Lour.; Hydrolea javanica Blume
Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Hydrolea zeylanica (L.) Vahl
Common name : Ceylon Hydrolea
Vernacular name : Koliary (Hindi); Charang (Manipuri); Popti, Keriti (Marathi); Vellel (Tamil); Cheruvallel (Malayalam); Isa-langulia, Kasschra (Bengali); Kerit (Konkani); Balluballua, Languliya, Balluballua-kashindri (Oria)
Habit : Aquatic herb
Habitat : Paddies, pond margins, streamsides, open forests, swampy or inundated soil
Comments / notes : The leaves, beaten into pulp and applied as a poultice, are considered to have a cleansing and healing effect on neglected and callous ulcers. They parently possess some antiSepic property.
Flower, Fruit : August-May
Distribution :
- Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
Native : Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, China, Hainan, India, Jawa, Laos, Malaya, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Queensland, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam
Exotic/Native : Native
World Distribution : Tropical and subtropical Asia to North-East Australia
Literature : Uniyal B.P., Sharma J.R., Choudhery U., Singh D.K. (2007). Flowering Plants of Uttarakhand: A Checklist. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh: 178
Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Navendu Page, Deepak Kumar (2020). Pan India Bouquets. http://flora-peninsula-indica.ces.iisc.ac.in/pan/plants.php?name=Hydrolea zeylanica. Downloaded on 6 June 2023.

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