Ludwigia adscendens (L.) H.Hara
Family – Onagraceae
Common name – Jagal, hikota
(Perennial creeping or floating, smooth herbaceous aquatic plant)
Mostly found in freshwater pools, ditches, swamps, wet paddies.
Uses –
In India, leaf decoction with black pepper taken orally for stomach pain & treatment of intestinal worms.
In West Bengal, India, whole plant paste applied to bone fracture & rheumatism.
In Thailand, the decoction of the whole plant used orally for fever & diarrhea.
In southern China, the plant is eaten as a vegetable.
In Hazaribagh, Jharkhand, the whole plant is boiled in water after cooling is administer one cup twice a day for 4 to 6 days in fever, cold & cough.
The decoction of plant also used in dysentery.
In South Orissa, the whole plant is applied against ulcers & skin infection.
Sugimani Marndi
Biodiversity and Conservation Lab.
Ambika Prasad Research Foundation
Cuttack, Odisha India