Bergia capensis - Neeru paavila

❏ Binomial Name : Bergia capensis L.

❏ Synonym : Bergia repens, Bergia verticillata, Elatine verticillata

❏ Family : Elatinaceae

❏ Tamil Name :

❏ Hindi Name : Jal jambava

❏ Telugu Name : Neeru paavila

❏ IUCN status : Not Evaluated

Bergia capensis Botanical Description:

Perennial herbs, about 10-35 cm tall, stem ascending, erect, succulent, reddish. Leaves simple, opposite-decussate, narrow elliptic-oblong to lanceolate, margin entire, apex acute or subacute, glabrous, petiole stout, stipules, ovate-triangular. Inflorescence densely fascicled in axillary cymes. Flowers bisexual, actinomorphic, pedicel subsessile, sepals 3-5, free, ovate-lanceolate, united at the base, membranous, apex subacute, keeled, green with reddish tips, petals 3-5, free, pink, longer than the sepals, obovate-oblong to spathulate. Stamens 10, usually in 2 series, filaments filiform, anthers 2-locular, dorsifixed. Ovary superior, 5 locular, syncarpus, ovules numerous, anatropus, axil placentation, styles 5, stigma capitate. Fruit capsule. Seeds numerous, oblong-ellipsoid, minute. Fl. & Fr.: September-December

Bergia capensis Medicinal uses:

❀ Crushed leaves are given orally with buttermilk to cure food poison in animals

❀ Leaves used to against Intestinal worms.

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