Also know as Talimkhana or Kokilaksha Its member of Acanthaceae plant family.
This is an annual herb or under shrub, it grows to a height of about 60 cms. Generally the plant is found on wet places. The stem is square and thickened at nodes and hairy. The bark is dark brown. T he leaves are elliptic-lanceolate, hispid and sessile. The flowers are bluish purple. The capsules are 1 cm. long, linear oblong, pointed glabrous, and about 8 seeded. Seeds are dark brown, hairy and spherical. The powdered seeds with water forms a gel. The flowering season is September-March. *Usage:* In Ayurveda the leaves, seeds and the roots are used for treatment of rheumatism, urinary tract infection, inflammation, jaundice, hepatic obstruction, pain, etc. So basically, entire plant is useful. Regards, Shweta (P.S. Was my Dissertation plant in 2002-2003) On Wed, Feb 23, 2011 at 12:35 PM, Neil Soares <[email protected]>wrote: > Hi Dr. Chile, > Asteracantha longifolia is a synonym of Hygrophila schulli. > With regards, > Neil Soares. > > --- On *Wed, 2/23/11, Satish Chile <[email protected]>* wrote: > > > From: Satish Chile <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [efloraofindia:63402] Request for species id, DKV 230211-1 > To: "Neil Soares" <[email protected]> > Cc: "indiantreepix" <[email protected]>, "Dev Kumar" < > [email protected]> > Date: Wednesday, February 23, 2011, 12:25 PM > > > Hygrophila schulli or Astercantha longifolia ? > > On Wed, Feb 23, 2011 at 8:13 AM, Neil Soares > <[email protected]<http://us.mc339.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]> > > wrote: > > Hi, > This is Marsh Barbel [Hygrophila schulli] locally called Talimkhana. > With regards, > Neil Soares. > > --- On *Wed, 2/23/11, Dev Kumar > <[email protected]<http://us.mc339.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]> > >* wrote: > > > From: Dev Kumar > <[email protected]<http://us.mc339.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]> > > > Subject: [efloraofindia:63401] Request for species id, DKV 230211-1 > To: "indiantreepix" > <[email protected]<http://us.mc339.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]> > > > Date: Wednesday, February 23, 2011, 2:31 AM > > > Seen growing near a stream > > Mhow, Indore, Madhya Pradesh > > > > > > -- > Dr. Satish Kumar Chile > > > -- *Bhatt Shweta* *Asso. Prof.,* TCSC, *Doctoral Research Student,* M.S.U.
