Hygrophila auriculata; නීරමුල්ලිය

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Perennial herb of moist or wet places. Stem erect, to 1.25 m high, armed with axillary spines to 2-4 cm long. Leaves in whorls of 6, elliptic lanceolate, 4-14.5 x 1-1.2 cm, acute at apex, entire at margins, hispid above. Flowers 6-8 in a whorl, bracts lanceolate, corolla purplish-blue, tube 1.7 cm long, stamens exerted. Capsule oblong-lanceolate, to 1 cm long; seeds orbicular, to 0.75 mm broad. 

Family name ACANTHACEAE
English name Marsh Barbel
Edible parts Leaves and Young stems
Treatment for
  • Dysentery
  • Oedema
  • Kidney stones
  • Hepatic diseases
  • Jaundice
  • Gonorrhoea
  • Anasarca
  • Rheumatism
  • Parts used in Treatment
  • Roots
  • seeds
  • Whole plant
  • Neeramulliya, Katu ikiriya, Ikiriya Neeramulliya, Katu ikiriya, Ikiriya Neeramulliya, Katu ikiriya, Ikiriya

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