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Ludwigia sedioides or the mosaic plant, contracted at night. It is an aquatic herbaceous shrub. It is found in standing pools of water with leaves floating on the surface, or growing in very swampy wet soils. The stems of this plant are reddish and brittle. Leaves are diamond-shaped with toothed margins, radiate outwards to form mosaic-like ...
Mosaic plant is a common name for several plants and may refer to: Fittonia albivenis, a plant with leaf veins contrasting in color with the rest of the leaf, giving it a mosaic-like appearance with irregular shapes; Ludwigia sedioides, an aquatic plant with clusters of floating rhomboid leaves, which have a tessellated mosaic-like appearance
The plant extracts often used in TCM are antimalarial, due to the presence of artemisinin. [ 100 ] However, it has been questioned as to whether tea made from A. annua is effective against malaria , since artemesinin is not soluble in water and the resulting tea would not be expected to contain any significant amount of artemesinin.
Ludwigia (primrose-willow, water-purslane, or water-primrose) is a genus of about 82 species of aquatic plants with a cosmopolitan but mainly tropical distribution. Currently (2023), there is much debate among botanists and plant taxonomists as to the classification of many Ludwigia species.
Extracts of the plant are used to ease the symptoms of malaria. The boiled juice or a tea made from the leaves or the whole plant is taken to relieve fever and other symptoms. It is also used for dysentery, pain, and liver disorders. [143] A tea of the leaves is taken to help control diabetes in Peru and other areas. [144]
Fittonia (or nerve plant or mosaic plant) is a genus of evergreen perennial flowering plants in the acanthus ('bear’s britches') family, Acanthaceae. The genus is native to tropical and subtropical forested areas in northern and western South America, mainly Perú. [2] The most commonly cultivated species is F. albivenis and its range of ...
Ludwigia is the generic name of three groups of organisms. It can refer to: Ludwigia; Ludwigia; Ludwigia This page was last edited on 1 December 2022, at 01:30 ...
Various folk cultures and traditions assign symbolic meanings to plants. Although these are no longer commonly understood by populations that are increasingly divorced from their rural traditions, some meanings survive. In addition, these meanings are alluded to in older pictures, songs and writings.