Plant Profile
Herb descriptions
Botany
Binomial nomenclature
Ludwigia octovalvis
Scientific Name and Description
Ludwigia octovalvis (Jacq.) P.H. Raven
Herb Family
Plant type
Herb
Plant Synonyms
Plant Synonyms
Jussiaea suffruticosa L.
Ludwigia octovalvis (JACQ.) RAVEN subsp.
sessiliflora (MICHELI) RAVEN.
Ludwigia octovalvis (JACQ.) RAVEN subsp.
sessiliflora (MICHELI) RAVEN.
Plant Names - Common - Regional - Vernacular
| English | marshy clove |
| Hindi | banlaunga, banlumga |
| Kannada | bavakula, kaadulavanga, kaavaakula, kaavakulla, kauakula, kavakula, kere haavu, ravacula |
| Malayalam | carembu, cattacarambu, cattu-carambu, karambu, karayampu, karyampu, kattukarayamapu, kattukarayampu, kattukkaryampu, katukarayampu, katukaruppu, vasalaccira |
| Marathi | dathijudiring, karpuli, pan-lavang, panalavanga |
| Sanskrit | bhalavaanga, bhallavianga, bhulavanga, bhulavangah |
| Tamil | kaattu kirambu, kattu-k-kirambu, kattu-k-kirampu, kattukkirampu, kattukkrambu, katukirambu, kirambuuppondu, kirampu, kirampuppuntu, krambuppundu, nirkirambu, nirkkirampu, nirkkrambu |
| Telugu | neerbatsala, neerooagheendrapakao, neeru agnivendra paaku, neeru-agnivendramu, neeruagnivendramu, niruagnivendramu, niruagnivendrapaku, nirubaccala, niruyagnivendramu |
| Common Names | Water Primrose, Swamp Loosestrife, Creek Primrose,Mexican primrose-willow |
Plants Medicinal Value
Medicinal Systems
Ayurved
Siddha
Folk
Herb usable parts
Whole plant
Ethnopharmacology use
Ludwigia octovalvis (Jacq.) P.H. Raven Perennial herb Whole plant For venereal diseases General Manikandan 2005
References
Literature
Literature
Manikandan 2005
Flora of Madhya Pradesh Vol I Author - D.M.Verma, N.P.Balakrishnan, R.D.Dixit
Flora of Bankura District(West Bengal) Author - Sanyal M.N.
A Contribution to the Flora of Namdapha Arunachal Pradesh Author - A S Chauhan, K P Singh, D K Singh
Flora of Himachal Pradesh Vol I Author - H.J.chowdhery & B.M.Wadhwa
Flora of Rajasthan Vol. 1 Author - B.V.Shetty & V.Singh
Flora of Maharashtra State (Dicotyledons) Volume 2 Author - N.P.Singh, P.Lakshminarasimhan, S.Karthikeyan & P.V. Prasanna
Flora of Majuli Author - M.Islam
Flora of Srikakulam District (Andhra Pradesh) Author - Rolla Seshagiri Rao, S.Hara Sriramulu
The Flora of Orissa Vol II Author - Saxena H.O.,Brahmam M.
THE FLORA OF THE TAMILNADU CARNATIC-VOL I Author - K.M. MATTHEW
Flora of Gujarat State Vol 1 Author - G.L.Shah
FLORA OF TRIPURA STATE VOL2 Author - D.B. DEB
FLORA OF KARNATAKA VOL-2 Author - C.J SALDHANA
Published 11 February 2019 http://dx.doi.org/10.32859/era.18.4.1-112
Foundation for Revitalisation of Local Health Traditions (FRLHT)
The National Medicinal Plants Board (NMPB), Department of AYUSH
Citations
Herb citations
Ludwigia octovalvis. (2024, January 14). In Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludwigia_octovalvis