- Family : HYDROPHYLLACEAE
(Waterleaf Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : KOLIARY FAMILY
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Hydroleaceae
- Basionym : Nama zeylanica L.
- Synonym(s) : Nama erecta Roxb.; Steris aquatica Burm.f.; Beloanthera oppositifolia Hassk.; Hydrolea arayatensis Blanco; Hydrolea ceilonica F.Muell.; Hydrolea inermis Lour.; Hydrolea javanica Blume
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Hydrolea zeylanica (L.) Vahl
- Common name : Ceylon Hydrolea
- Vernacular name :
- Koliary (Hindi)
- Charang (Manipuri)
- Popti, Keriti (Marathi)
- Vellel (Tamil)
- Cheruvallel (Malayalam)
- Isa-langulia, Kasschra (Bengali)
- Kerit (Konkani)
- Balluballua, Languliya, Balluballua-kashindri (Oria)
- Habit : Herb
- Habitat : Paddies, pond margins, streamsides, open forests, swampy or inundated soil
- Comments / notes : The leaves, beaten into pulp and applied as a poultice, are considered to have a cleansing and healing effect on neglected and callous ulcers. They parently possess some antiSepic property.
- Key identification features : Annual, procumbent herbs, up to 35 cm high; Leaves lanceolate-acuminate, upper ones smaller, subsessile; Flowers in shrot, lateral, branched racemes or solitary, bluish purple; Capsules globose.
- Flower, Fruit : August-May
- Distribution :
- Andhra Pradesh : Chittoor district, West Godavari district, Srikakulam district
- Kerala : All districts of Kerala
- Odisha : Koraput district, Ganjam district, DP, Mayurbhanj district
- Tamil Nadu : Erode district
- Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
- Sikkim : Sikkim
- Arunachal Pradesh : Changlang, Kameng Lohit
- Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
- Andaman and Nicobar Islands : Andaman Islands
- Native : Andaman Islands, Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, China, Hainan, India, Jawa, Laos, Malaya, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Queensland, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam
- Exotic/Native : Native
- World Distribution : Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, China, Hainan, India, Jawa, Laos, Malaya, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Queensland, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam
- Conservation Status : Least Concern (LC)
- Literature :
- Pullaiah et al., 2011 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 4
- H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 2
- R. S. Rao et al., 1986 - Flora of West Godavari District
- R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District
- H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipahar (Similipal), Orissa
- IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.1.
- Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983
- Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
- Uniyal B.P., Sharma J.R., Choudhery U., Singh D.K. (2007). Flowering Plants of Uttarakhand: A Checklist. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh: 178
- G.S Giri., A.Pramanik., H.J. Chowdhery., G.D Pal and S.K. Das (2008). Materials for Arunachal Pradesh, Vol (2), Pg: 185
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Hydrolea zeylanica. Downloaded on 4 December 2024.
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