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संस्कृत नाम- वारिपर्णी
Botanical name - Pistia stratiotes
Description -
Aquatic free floating stoloniferous herbs. Leaves obovate, densely white pubescent beneath. Spathe oblong. Flowers minute, sessile, on a spadix. Fruit ellipsoid-oblong, green.
Chemical_Constituents-
Plant contains vicenin, lucenin, cyanidin-3- glucoside, vitamins A, B, and C.
Uses -
Juice of leaves boiled in coconut oil and applied externally in chronic skin diseases.
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