Common names (English):

Bacopa, Thyme leaved gratiola

Local name (Kannada):

Habit: Herb

Distribution:

Paleotropics .

Use: Medicinal

Description:

Aquatic or amphibious, prostrate, semi-succulent herbs; stem creeping. Leaves opposite, ovate-oblong. Flowers bluish-white. Corolla, c. 8 mm long, broadly campanulate, lobes 5. Stamens 4, didynamous. Capsule ovoid or oblong, enclosed in calyx.

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