The rhizomes and roots of Nymphoides macrospermum Vasudevan (Family: Menyanthaceae) are sold in the market as Granthik Tagar. These are used as a substitute for Valeriana hardwickii Wall. in neurological disorders and colic.
Limnanthemum indicum
(L.) Griseb.
Synonym Menyanthes indica Linn. Nymphoides indicum (L.) 0. Kuntze.
Limnophila indica (Lam.) Bruce. 375
Family Menyanthaceae.
Habitat Throughout India, in tanks and back waters.
Folk Barachuli, Chinnambal (Kerala).
Action Plant—bitter, febrifuge, antiscorbutic. Used as a substitute for Swertia Chirata in fever and jaundice.
Limnanthemum nymphaeoides
Hoffm. & Link.
Synonym Nymphoides peltata (Gmel.) 0. Kuntze.
Family Menyanthaceae.
Habitat Kashmir.
English Fringed Water-Lily.
Folk Kuru, Khairposh (Punjab).
Action Leaf—used in periodic headache.
Limnophila aromatica
(Lam.) Druce.
Synonym L. gratissima Blume. Family Scrophulariaceae.
Habitat South Bihar, Orissa, Assam, Western parts of South India, up to 600 m, also in back waters.
Folk Aamragandha Karpuur
(non-classical); Karpuur (Bengal);
Ambuli (Maharashtra); Manganari
(Kerala). Kuttra.
Action Plant—galactagogue, aperient, antiseptic. Juice given in
fever and to nursing mothers when
milk is sour. Oil—antiseptic.
The plant gave an essential oil (0.1%), containing d-limolene and d-periilaldehyde as principal
