Hygrophila auriculata

Hygrophila auriculata
Synonym: Hygrophila spinosa.
English: Swampweed.
Names; Kule khara; Ikshugandha; Kokilaksha; Talmakhana; Gokshura; Tolimkhana; Nirguviveru; Gokhulajanum.
In Sanskrit. Ikshugandha; Marathi. Talimkhana; Bengali. Kule Khara; Hindi. Talmakhana; Telegu. Nirguviveru; Urdu. Talimkhana; Oriya. Kuilirokha, Makherung; Gujarati. Ekharo; Tamil. Neremulli Nirmulli.

Botany: thorny plant; flowers bluish, pinkish; seeds reddish, grown in the marshy lands.
Source: India; Ayrurveda
Content: phytosterol, C28H460, Hygrosterol; essential oil, a yellow green wax, a sticky gum, and comparatively large quantity maltose; potassium salts; basic amorphous residue; sugar; Linoleic acid, Oleic acid, Stearic acid, Palmitic acid; Myristic acid; alkaloid C3.4H4.3N1.360n; mucilage, albuminoids.

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