Images and Information of Ceratophyllum demersum

BIBLIO (Ayurveda)

Title - DRAVYAGUNA VIGNANA VOL.2,5,5N
Author - PROF. P.V. SHARMA
Title - INDIAN MEDICINAL PLANTS Vol 1 -4
Author - K.R. KIRTIKAR, B.D. BASU & AN I.C.S.
Title - INDIAN MEDICINAL PLANTS VOLUME .VOL 1-5
Author - WARRIER,P.K. et al (EDS.)
Title - NIGHANTU ADARSA VOL. I & II
Author - BAPALAL G. VAIDYA

BIBLIO (Distribution)

Title - Flora of Rajasthan Vol.2

Distribution

Alwar, Chittorgarh, Jaipur, Kota, Tonk, also reported from Bundi, Sirohi and Udaipur. Common in ponds, pools, tanks and in slow running water

Title - Flora of Rajasthan Vol.2

Author - B.V.Shetty & V. Singh

Title - Flora of Madhya Pradesh Vol. II

Distribution

Bilaspur, Chhatarpur, Raipur, Rajnandgaon, Sidhi Common in stagnant and slow moving water, ditches an ponds

Title - Flora of Madhya Pradesh Vol. II

Author - Mudgal, Khanna,Hajra

Title - Flora of Himachal Pradesh Vol III

Distribution

INDIA: Throughout India; HIMACHAL PRADESH: Mandi.

Title - Flora of Himachal Pradesh Vol III

Author - H.J.chowdhery & B.M.Wadhwa

Title - Flora of Maharashtra State (Dicotyledons) Volume 2

Distribution

Maharashtra: Found in shallow ponds, lakes, tanks and other stagnant waters, occsional. Akola, Amravati, Bombay, Buldhana, Chandrapur, Nasik, Pune, Raigad, Thane.

Title - Flora of Maharashtra State (Dicotyledons) Volume 2

Author - N.P.Singh, P.Lakshminarasimhan, S.Karthikeyan & P.V. Prasanna

Title - Flora of Majuli

Distribution

Majuli: Kamalabari. Infrequent to frequent in shallow canals, nullahs, ponds, drains etc. often gregarious.

Title - Flora of Majuli

Author - M.Islam

Title - Flora of Gujarat State Vol 2

Distribution

Panchmahals (Tuwa) and Bulsar, in ponds.

Title - Flora of Gujarat State Vol 2

Author - G.L.Shah

Title - Flora of Srikakulam District (Andhra Pradesh)

Distribution

Srikakulam (AP): Sirikonda. Common in ponds and tanks.

Title - Flora of Srikakulam District (Andhra Pradesh)

Author - Rolla Seshagiri Rao, S.Hara Sriramulu

Title - The Flora of Orissa Vol III

Distribution

Throughout India in stagnant waters. Cosmopolitan. Orissa: Common in still waters.

Title - The Flora of Orissa Vol III

Author - Saxena H.O.,Brahmam M.

Title - FLORA OF TRIPURA STATE VOL2

Distribution

Tripura : Worldwide. Throughout the State, in stagnant pools, shallow lakes, ponds, ditches and drains, often gregarious. The plant dies at the distal end and grows at the tip

Title - FLORA OF TRIPURA STATE VOL2

Author - D.B. DEB

Title - FLORA OF KARNATAKA VOL-1

Distribution

Tropics and subtropics

Title - FLORA OF KARNATAKA VOL-1

Author - C.J. SALDHANA.

Botanical Name -

Ceratophyllum demersum L.

Full Botanical citation -

Ceratophyllum demersum L., Sp. Pl. 992. 1753; R.D.Gaur, Fl. Distr. Garhwal North West Himalaya (With Ethnobotanical Notes), TransMedia, Srinagar (Garhwal), India, 64. 1999.

Family -

CERATOPHYLLACEAE

System(s) of Indian Medicine -

Ayurveda

Vernacular names -

Total 35 Vernacular names found in 7 languages.

English (2) - cool water brush, coontail

Hindi (2) - sevar, sivara

Kannada (2) - haval, honaal

Malayalam (1) - karimpayal

Marathi (1) - shevala

Sanskrit (25) -

Sanskrit Comments

ambuchamar, ambutala, araka, hathaparni, jalaja, jalakesa, jalakesha, jalakuntala, jalamandapi, jalanali, jalanchana, jalanili, jalaprishthaja, jalashuka, ka, kavara, manjula, saivala, saivalah, salilakundala, shaiwal, shaiwar, sheshana, shivala, souvala

Telugu (2) - nasu, neeti sambraani