Spirodela polyrhiza (L.)Schleid.
Family – Araceae
Common name – Duckweed, greater duckweed, duckmeat.
(Perrenial aquatic plant)
➡️ It produces several minute roots.
➡️ It produces a pouch containing male & female flowers.
➡️ It is ideal system for biofuels, bioremediation & carbon cycling due to its aspects of fast growing.
Medicinal uses –
❇ ️The whole plant is used as antipruritic antipyretic, cardiotonic, carminative, diaphoretic, diuretic.
❇ ️It is used in the treatment of measles, oedema and difficulty in urination.
Sugimani Marndi
Biodiversity and Conservation Lab.
Ambika Prasad Research Foundation
Cuttack, Odisha