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Linn.

Synonym: Mollugo lotoides (L.) O. Kuntze. M hirta Thumb.

Family: Molluginaceae; Aizoaceae.

Habitat: Throughout the plains and lower ghats of India in river beds.

Siddha/Tamil: Siru seruppadai. Folk: Gandhi-buuti.

Action: Plant—antidiarrhoeal, antibilious, diuretic. Decoction is given in piles.

The plant gave pentacyclic triterpe- noid sapogenins; a mixture ofbeta-and gamma-sitosterol, oleanolic acid, mol- lugogenol and its constituents. Aerial parts gave vitexin and vicenin.
Health Source: Indian Medicinal Plants
Author: Health Dictionary

Mollugo Spergula

Linn.

Synonym: M. oppositifolia Linn. Glinus oppositifolius (Linn.) A. DC.

Family: Aizoaceae, Molluginaceae.

Habitat: Greater part of India, especially in Assam, Bengal and Deccan Peninsula.

Ayurvedic: Grishma-sundara, Parpata (Kerala).

Siddha/Tamil: Thurapoondu.

Folk: Jala-papr (Bihar), Jeem Shaak.

Action: Plant—stomachic, aperient and antiseptic. Used as a bitter tonic for liver disorders.

Aerial parts gave vitexin, vitexin-7- glucoside and 2"-p-coumaroylvitexin- 7-glucoside.

Mollugo stricta Linn., synonym M. pentaphylla Linn. (throughout the plains and Ghats of India), is also known as Parpatakam in the South, Jala-papr in Bihar and Kharas in Maharashtra. The plant is stomachic, aperient, emmenagogue and antiseptic. Its biological activity is spermiostatic.... mollugo spergula

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