VALLISNERIA SPIRALIS

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VALLISNERIA SPIRALIS

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Family ► Hydrocharitaceae. Habitat ► Hydrophyte; throughout India. English ► Eel-Grass, Tape Grass, Wild Celery. Ayurvedic ► Shaivala, Shaivaala. (Ceratophyllum demersum Linn. is also equated with Shaivala.) Folk ► Sevaar. Action ► Plant—stomachic, refrigerant, demulcent. Also used in leucorrhoea and spermatorrhoea.Extracts of the plant yielded polysaccharides containing D-galactose, D-xylose, L-arabinose, L-rhamnose, uronic acid, acidic xylan and an arabi- no galactan.

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