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<big>''[[Limnophila aromatica]]'' (Lamk) Merr.</big>
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:Protologue: Interpr. Herb. amboin.: 466 (1917).
== Synonyms ==
''Gratiola aromatica'' (Lamk) Pers. (1805), ''Limnophila punctata'' Blume (1826), ''Limnophila gratissima'' Blume (1826).
== Vernacular names ==
*Indonesia: kehkehan (Sundanese), daun kardemom, selaseh ayer kecil (Ambonese)
*Malaysia: beremi, kerak-kerak
*Philippines: angangi (Bontok)
*Papua New Guinea: poikehkeh (Wapi), ginibok (Keepaukee)
*Thailand: phak khayaeng (central), phak phaa (northern)
*Vietnam: rau ng[oom].
== Distribution ==
From India and Sri Lanka to Indo-China, southern China, Japan, Taiwan, throughout South-East Asia and northern Australia.
== Uses ==
In Indonesia and Peninsular Malaysia, the sap of the leaves is used to clean wounds, and a decoction of the leaves is given in fevers.
== Observations ==
A variable, fleshy, annual to perennial herb, 30–-100 cm tall, stems simple or shortly branched from the base, glabrous to minutely glandular; leaves decussate or in whorls of 3, ovate-lanceolate to lanceolate, 10–-55 mm × 3-–15 mm, margins crenate to serrate-dentate, glabrous to densely and minutely glandular, pinnately veined, sessile; flowers solitary and axillary, or a few to many-flowered, terminal or axillary raceme, up to 15 cm long, pedicel 5–20 mm long, bracteoles 2, 1.5-–2 mm long, calyx 4.5–-7 mm long, hairy, striate at maturity, corolla 10.5–-13.5 mm long, pale pink, outside finely glandular, inside densely villous, posterior lobe emarginate, posterior stamens 2.5 mm long, villous, anterior stamens 4 mm long, glabrous; capsule broadly ellipsoid, compressed, 5-6 mm long, brown. ''L. aromatica'' grows in shallow ponds or marshy localities, from sea-level up to 1000 m altitude. It is closely related to ''L. chinensis'' (Osbeck) Merr., and some authors consider ''L. aromatica'' as a subspecies of it.
== Selected sources ==
* Burkill, I.H., 1966. A dictionary of the economic products of the Malay Peninsula. Revised reprint. 2 volumes. Ministry of Agriculture and Co-operatives, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Vol. 1 (A-H) pp. 1-1240, Vol. 2 (I-Z) pp. 1241-2444.
407, 747, 810, 837.
== Authors ==
G.H. Schmelzer
[[Category:Medicinal plants (PROSEA)]]
[[Category:PROSEA]]
{{DISPLAYTITLE:''Limnophila aromatica'' (PROSEA)}}
<big>''[[Limnophila aromatica]]'' (Lamk) Merr.</big>
__NOTOC__
:Protologue: Interpr. Herb. amboin.: 466 (1917).
== Synonyms ==
''Gratiola aromatica'' (Lamk) Pers. (1805), ''Limnophila punctata'' Blume (1826), ''Limnophila gratissima'' Blume (1826).
== Vernacular names ==
*Indonesia: kehkehan (Sundanese), daun kardemom, selaseh ayer kecil (Ambonese)
*Malaysia: beremi, kerak-kerak
*Philippines: angangi (Bontok)
*Papua New Guinea: poikehkeh (Wapi), ginibok (Keepaukee)
*Thailand: phak khayaeng (central), phak phaa (northern)
*Vietnam: rau ng[oom].
== Distribution ==
From India and Sri Lanka to Indo-China, southern China, Japan, Taiwan, throughout South-East Asia and northern Australia.
== Uses ==
In Indonesia and Peninsular Malaysia, the sap of the leaves is used to clean wounds, and a decoction of the leaves is given in fevers.
== Observations ==
A variable, fleshy, annual to perennial herb, 30–-100 cm tall, stems simple or shortly branched from the base, glabrous to minutely glandular; leaves decussate or in whorls of 3, ovate-lanceolate to lanceolate, 10–-55 mm × 3-–15 mm, margins crenate to serrate-dentate, glabrous to densely and minutely glandular, pinnately veined, sessile; flowers solitary and axillary, or a few to many-flowered, terminal or axillary raceme, up to 15 cm long, pedicel 5–20 mm long, bracteoles 2, 1.5-–2 mm long, calyx 4.5–-7 mm long, hairy, striate at maturity, corolla 10.5–-13.5 mm long, pale pink, outside finely glandular, inside densely villous, posterior lobe emarginate, posterior stamens 2.5 mm long, villous, anterior stamens 4 mm long, glabrous; capsule broadly ellipsoid, compressed, 5-6 mm long, brown. ''L. aromatica'' grows in shallow ponds or marshy localities, from sea-level up to 1000 m altitude. It is closely related to ''L. chinensis'' (Osbeck) Merr., and some authors consider ''L. aromatica'' as a subspecies of it.
== Selected sources ==
* Burkill, I.H., 1966. A dictionary of the economic products of the Malay Peninsula. Revised reprint. 2 volumes. Ministry of Agriculture and Co-operatives, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Vol. 1 (A-H) pp. 1-1240, Vol. 2 (I-Z) pp. 1241-2444.
407, 747, 810, 837.
== Authors ==
G.H. Schmelzer
[[Category:Medicinal plants (PROSEA)]]
[[Category:PROSEA]]