About Aquatic Rotula
Rotula aquatica is a species of aromatic flowering plant belonging to the family Ehretiaceae. It is a shrub native to tropical Asia, southern China, west tropical Africa, and eastern Brazil. It is a member of the lotic ecosystem of streams. The plant is a mandatory component of many ayurvedic drug preparations and is an important traditional medicine for kidney and bladder stones. The root tuber is astringent, bitter, diuretic and also useful in treating coughs, heart diseases, dysuria, blood disorders, fever, poisonings, ulcers and uterine diseases. Root decoctions are both diuretic and laxative and are used to treat bladder stones and sexually transmitted diseases.
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Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Rotula aquatica
- Genus
- Rotula
- Family
- BORAGINACEAE
- Habit
- Undershrub
- Habitat
- Rocky riverbeds
- Distribution
- India, Sri Lanka, Southeast Asia, Africa, Brazil
- Flowering & fruiting
- October-June
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Local Names
- Hindi
- पाषाणभेद pashanabhed
- Tamil
- செப்புநெரிஞ்சி ceppunerinji
- Telugu
- పాషాణభేది pashanabhedi
- Kannada
- ಪಾಷಾಣಭೇದ paashaanabheda
- Malayalam
- kallurvanci, കല്ലൂർവഞ്ചി
- Marathi
- मचिम machim
Boraginaceae
Borage family
Aquatic Rotula belongs to the Boraginaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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