ambuja :

Taxonomical Classification

Family: Scerophulariaceae

Allied species:

Limnophila griffithii
Limnophila glabra
Limnophila gratioloides
Stemodia unrecorded
Stemodia serrata
Stemodia senegalensis
Limnophila indica

VERNACULAR NAMES

English: none

Synonyms

Synonyms in Ayurveda:

Morphology:

Stems slender, glabrous or minutely glandular-pubescent above, branched or simple, from a few inches to upwards of 2 ft. (usually about 6 in.) long. Leaves very variable; lower submerged ones in whorls of 6 to many, usually multifid; upper whorled or sometimes opposite, dentate, incised or multifid; uppermost opposite, linear to elliptic-oblong. Flowers axillary; pedicels 2–6 lin. long, usually glandular-pubescent; bracteoles setaceous, obtuse, 1–1 1/2 lin. long. Calyx 2–2 1/2 lin. long, membranous, glandular-pubescent and gland-dotted; teeth 3/4 lin. long, scarcely acute. Corolla 3–4 lin. long. Anthers coherent in pairs, or those of the shorter stamens alone coherent; cells very shortly stipitate. Style bent near the apex with 2 minute auricles at the bend. Capsule somewhat shorter than the calyx, glabrous.