Fabaceae / Papilionaceae

Scrophulariaceae
Bacopa monnieri (L.) Wettstein
(Syn: Lysimachia monnieri L.)
English name:
Local name: Lonri, Beypitee wal, Bokhani.
Description:
A creeping perennial, prostrate branched fleshy herb reaching at the height of 30 cm.
Rooting at the nodes. Leaves fleshy spade shaped, sessile. Flowers solitary, axillary
lavender to bluish. Fruit oblong with minute many seeds.
Flowering Period:
Almost throughout the year.
Habitat:
Usually found in wet edges of ponds, lakes and marshy place,
in brackish habitats.
Uses:
The plant is bitter, pungent, heating, emetic, laxative and
useful in bad ulcers, tumours, ascites, enlargement of
spleen, indigestion, inflammations, leprosy, anaemia,
biliousness. It is also used for blood purification, diarrhea
and fevers. The plant is also grazed by livestock but
problematic. Considered as brain tonic.
Distribution:
A widely spread species, almost found in all warmer
countries.
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