In India the leaf is used as a laxative, demulcent, and is antibilious; it is also used for nervous conditions and the skin (Jain and DeFilipps 1991).
A species of plants native to the state that are in imminent danger of extinction within the state, the survival of which is unlikely.
Enydra is a genus of flowering plants in the Asteraceae, or daisy, family. They are native to the Asian, African and American Tropics and Sub-Tropics.
Background: Enhydra fluctuans Lour, a tropical herb, commonly known as helencha or harkuch, belongs to the family Asteraceae. It is an edible semi-aquatic herbaceous vegetable plant with serrate leaves and grows commonly in different parts of the world.
The native range of this species is Tropical & Subtropical Old World. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome. It is used as ...
*Enydra fluctuans Loureiro. Buffalo-spinach. Hab: Ditches, canals, other aquatic situations. Dist: Native of the Old World tropics.
Enydra fluctuans commonly known as Buffalo spinach is an old world helophytic, essential oil yielding species recorded for the first time from Tamil Nadu.
Enhydra fluctuans Lour. is consumed by various tribes in their ethnomedicinal practices for the treatment of kidney stones and urinary problems.
Enydra fluctuans Lour. LC. Common name(s). Buffalo-Spinach 2. Synonym(s). 12. Genus. Enydra. Family. Asteraceae. Flora. World flora. 4observations.
Enydra Lour. - swampwortP. Subordinate Taxa of Enydra Lour. Scientific Name and Common Name. Enydra fluctuans Lour. - Buffalo-SpinachP. Enydra sessilis (Sw.) DC ...