Limnophila INDICA (L.) Druce.
| Synonym : | Limnophila gratioloides R. Br. Ambulia indica (L.) W.Wight Columnea balsamea Roxb. Hottonia indica L. |
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| Bangla Name : | Karpur, Ambuja. |
| English Name : | - |
| Family : | Scrophulariaceae |
| Disease : | Antiseptic, elephantiasis, fevers and dysentery. |
| Description : | A small aromatic herb, 7.5-20 cm high, smelling strongly of turpentine, stems subquadrangular, rooting at the lower nodes. Leaves usually all whorled and pinnatifid, the upper sometimes entire and opposite, 6-20 cm long, linear-oblong, serrate-dentate. Flowers solitary, axillary or racemed, corolla pink, 8 mm long. |
| Distribution : | Throughout the country in low-lying, moist areas, swamps and rice-fields. |
| Chemical Constituents : | The plant contains an essential oil consisting of d-limonene and d-perillaldehyde. Both aerial and submerged leaves contain amino acids, which include alanine, serine, glutamic acid, aspartic acid and histidine. The aerial leaves also contain leucine, val |
| Uses : | Plant is beleived to be antiseptic. A liniment made from the plant with coconut oil is used in elephantiasis. Juice of the plant rubbed over body in pestilent fevers and combined with ginger and cumin given internally in dysentery. |
| Habit : | Herb |