Plant Profile
Herb descriptions
Botany
Binomial nomenclature
Marsilea minuta
Scientific Name and Description
Marsilea minuta L.
Herb Family
Plant Synonyms
Plant Synonyms
Lemma minuta (L.) Desr.
Lemma minuta (L.) Desr. ex Lam.
Marsilea aegyptiaca Wall.
Marsilea brachycarpa A. Br.
Marsilea brachypus A. Br.
Marsilea brasiliensis Mart.[2]
Marsilea cornuta A. Br.
Marsilea coromandelica Burm. fil.
Marsilea crenata Presl
Marsilea crenulata Desv.
Marsilea diffusa Lepr.
Marsilea diffusa Leprieur ex A. Br.
Marsilea diffusa var. approximata A. Braun[2][3]
Marsilea diffusa var. cornuta A. Br.
Marsilea elata var. crenata (C. Presl) Sadeb.
Marsilea erosa Willd.
Marsilea gracilenta A. Br.
Marsilea maheshwarii Gupta
Marsilea major (Haines) Chowdhury[3]
Marsilea mearnsii Christ
Marsilea microcarpa A. Br.
Marsilea minuta var. indica Gupta
Marsilea minuta var. minor Haines
Marsilea minuta var. minuta
Marsilea perrieriana C. Chr.
Marsilea polycarpa var. mexicana A. Braun
Marsilea poonensis Kolhatkar
Marsilea polycarpa Hook. & Grev.
Marsilea rotundata Wild.
Marsilea sinensis Hand.-Mazz.
Marsilea tenax Peter
Marsilea tetraphylla Thunb.]
Marsilea vulgaris Bory
Zalusianskya coromandelica (Burm. fil.) O. Kuntze
Zalusianskya crenulata (Desv.) O. Kuntze
Zalusianskya diffusa (A. Br.) O. Kuntze
Zalusianskya minuta (L.) O. Kuntze
Zaluzianskia polycarpa (Hook. & Grev.) Kuntze
Lemma minuta (L.) Desr. ex Lam.
Marsilea aegyptiaca Wall.
Marsilea brachycarpa A. Br.
Marsilea brachypus A. Br.
Marsilea brasiliensis Mart.[2]
Marsilea cornuta A. Br.
Marsilea coromandelica Burm. fil.
Marsilea crenata Presl
Marsilea crenulata Desv.
Marsilea diffusa Lepr.
Marsilea diffusa Leprieur ex A. Br.
Marsilea diffusa var. approximata A. Braun[2][3]
Marsilea diffusa var. cornuta A. Br.
Marsilea elata var. crenata (C. Presl) Sadeb.
Marsilea erosa Willd.
Marsilea gracilenta A. Br.
Marsilea maheshwarii Gupta
Marsilea major (Haines) Chowdhury[3]
Marsilea mearnsii Christ
Marsilea microcarpa A. Br.
Marsilea minuta var. indica Gupta
Marsilea minuta var. minor Haines
Marsilea minuta var. minuta
Marsilea perrieriana C. Chr.
Marsilea polycarpa var. mexicana A. Braun
Marsilea poonensis Kolhatkar
Marsilea polycarpa Hook. & Grev.
Marsilea rotundata Wild.
Marsilea sinensis Hand.-Mazz.
Marsilea tenax Peter
Marsilea tetraphylla Thunb.]
Marsilea vulgaris Bory
Zalusianskya coromandelica (Burm. fil.) O. Kuntze
Zalusianskya crenulata (Desv.) O. Kuntze
Zalusianskya diffusa (A. Br.) O. Kuntze
Zalusianskya minuta (L.) O. Kuntze
Zaluzianskia polycarpa (Hook. & Grev.) Kuntze
Plant Names - Common - Regional - Vernacular
| English | cat s feet |
| Malayalam | niraral |
| Sanskrit | catuspatri, sunisannah, sunisannaka |
| Tibetan | yu ni sa nna ka, yu ni sna ka |
| Common names | gelid waterklawer, small water clover, airy pepperwort,pepperwort |
Plants Medicinal Value
Medicinal Systems
Ayurved
Sowa Rigpa
Herb usable parts
Whole plant
Ethnopharmacology use
Marsilea minuta L. Ferns Whole plant Anticonvulsive; nervous system General Chakraborty et al. 2012, Sharma et al. 2013
References
Literature
Literature
Chakraborty et al. 2012
Sharma et al. 2013
AYURVEDIC DRUGS AND THEIR PLANT SOURCES Author - V.V. SIVARAJAN AND INDIRA BALACHANDRAN
DRAVYAGUNA VIGNANA VOL.2,5,5N Author - PROF. P.V. SHARMA
GLOSSARY OF VEGETABLE DRUGS IN BRHTTRAYI Author - THAKUR BALWANT SINGH & DR. K.C.CHUNEKAR
FLORA OF TRIPURA STATE VOL1 Author - D.B. DEB
The Flora of Orissa Vol IV Author - Saxena H.O.,Brahmam M.
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
Marsilea minuta. (2024, May 21). In Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marsilea_minuta