Accession Data:
Hydrocotyle verticillata Thunb.
- Common Name: Water Pennywort
- Family: Araliaceae Juss.
- Country of Origin: cosmopolitan
- Uses: Folk Medicine: Plant juice used for fevers. Poultice used for wounds and boils. Decoction of plant used for abscesses, colds, coughs, hepatities, infuenza, pruritus, sore throat. Used for headaches and urinary problems. In Malaya, mixed with sugar and cassia bark and given to children for coughs. Juice considered emetic. Leaves pounded with alum for poulticing scrotal skin ailments. In China, used for hepatoma. Also, an ingredient in Chinese herbal concoctions used for muscular dystrophy. Also, used in treatment of hepatitis. In the Arunachal Pradesh district of India, juiceof the plant mixed with honey, used for typhoid fever. In the district of India, fresh plants are crushed and the juice extracted and three tablespoons are taken twice daily for five days.
Studies have shown effectiveness for antitumor, immunomodulatory, antioxidant, antiproliferative, new phytochemicals and saponins, and the presence of compounds that have benefits for the liver.
From Philippine Alternative Medicine
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- USDA Zone: 5-11
Accession Data:
- Accession # 198501441
- Source: Unknown
- Accession Date: 12-31-1985
- Bench: 1117 - AFR:South Tanks E
- Currently: active - healthy
- Qty: 2 confirmed on 02-26-2025
Classification:
- Division: Magnoliophyta
- Class: Magnoliopsida
- SubClass: euasterid II
- Order: Apiales
- SubOrder:
- Family: Araliaceae
- SubFamily: Hydrocotyloideae
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Flowering Data:
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References (internal):
- EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: Angola / Zambia / Zimbabwe / Botswana / Namibia / KwaZulu-Natal / Northern Provinces / Madagascar / New South Wales / Queensland / South Australia / Victoria / Hawaii / Oregon / Missouri / Oklahoma / Connecticut / Masachusettes / New Jersey / Rhode I. / Arizona / California / Nevada / New Mexico / Texas / Alabama / Arkansas / Delaware / Florida / Georgia / Louisiana / Maryland / Mississippi / North Carolina / South Carolina / Tennessee / Virginia / Mexico Central / Mexico Northeast / Mexico Gulf / Mexico Northwest / Mexico Southwest / Mexico Southeast / Belize / Costa Rica / El Salvador / Guatemala / Nicaragua / Bahamas / Bermuda / Cuba / Dominican Republic / Haiti / Leeward Is. / Jamaica / Puerto Rico / Windward Is. / Bolivia / Peru / Brazil Southeast / Brazil South / Argentina Northeast / Argentina Northwest / Chile Central / Paraguay / Uruguay
References (external):
- The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Thursday, August 31, 2017.
- Hydrocotyle verticillata at Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Last accessed on Thursday, August 31, 2017.
data regenerated on Wed, 26 Feb 2025 11:45:14 -0500 [bcm v4.0]
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Subfamily Aralioideae
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Subfamily Hydrocotyloideae
W/C = Wild Collected
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