Ottelia alismoides (L.) Pers Family - Hydrochaitaceae Common name - Panikundari Mainly found in streams, lakes, marshes, ponds, ditches & canals.
Ottelia alismoides (L.) Pers
Family - Hydrochaitaceae
Common name - Panikundari
Mainly found in streams, lakes, marshes, ponds, ditches & canals.
The plant is entirely submerged except for the flower which is in the water surface.
Medicinal uses -
Leaves
Applied on poultice arm & legs in fever.
It is used as the treatment of Pneumonia.
It is used as a rubefacient.
It is used as the treatment of stomach disorders.
It is used as a spice for the rice & vegetables.
Leaves used to check to bleed.
In Tamil Nadu, India leaves used to treat hemorrhoids.
Flower
Flower paste 10 - 12 gram is taken orally early in the morning to curing piles.
Local people eat lower part of the flower as raw or as a vegetable.
Fruit
Arresting cough & inducing diuresis.
The fruit is eaten as raw.
Seed
In West Bengal, India, the paste of dry seeds used
externally on boils for relief of burning sensation.
Whole Plant
Antituberculosis activity.
Plant prepared as paste & applied to abscesses of the breast cancer, ulcers & burns.
It is also used for the treatment of Asthma & applied diseases.
It is used to treat diabetes.
Sugimani Marndi
Biodiversity and Conservation Lab.
Ambika Prasad Research Foundation
Cuttack, Odisha India
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