Primrose Willow

The Scientific name of Primrose Willow: Ludwigia hyssopifolia

Name of Primrose Willow in different languages:-

English: Seed box, water clove, linear leaf water primrose

Tamil: Neer kirambu

Malayalam: kandathil Kanthari, Neer grampoo

Plant description:

it is an erect herb, annual herb, grow up to 150 cm height, grow as a weed in paddy fields, leaves are simple, lance-shaped, opposite, and length up to 9 cm long, flowers are yellow, erect, minutely hairy, solitary, borne in leaf axils, x elliptic, and up to 3 mm long, often 3 to 4 angled, fruits are capsules, cylindrical shaped, contain a large number of seeds inside, stem woody at base, greenish or purplish in color.

Leaf Arrangement

Shape-Lanceolate	Margin-Entire	Venation-pinnate

Useful plant parts:

Whole plant, Leaf, root

Medicinal uses:

To treat diaoherea, dysentery, sprue, boils, infections, flatulence, leucorrhoea and syphilis

Medicinal properties:

Anti-inflammatory, analgesic, anthelmintic, astringent, diuretic, vermifuge, carminative, and purgative.

Chemical contents:

Isovitexin, vitexin, orientin, isoorientin.