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Rotula aquatica Lour., Fl. Cochinch. 1: 121 121 1790. (Syn: Ehretia viminea Wall.; Rhabdia viminea (Wall.) Dalziel ex Hook.);
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commonly known as: rotula • Garo: singkhantha • Hindi: पाषाणभेद pashanabhed • Kannada: ಪಾಷಾಣಭೇದ paashaanabheda • Khasi: la khowang • Malayalam: kallurvanci • Marathi: मचिम machim • Sanskrit: अश्मःभेदः ashmahabhedah, मूत्रल mutrala, पाषाणभेदः pashanabhedah • Tamil: செப்புநெரிஞ்சி ceppunerinji • Telugu: పాషాణభేది pashanabhedi
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ro-TWO-luh — from the Latin rota (wheel) … Wiktionary; perhaps referring to corolla
a-KWA-tee-kuh — lives in water … Dave’s Botanary . Native to: China, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam
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Rotula aquatica: attaching the photograph of Rotula aquatica Lour, Collected from Kannur, Kerala near Aralam Wildlife sanctuary
Rotula aquatica is a species of aromatic flowering shrub in the borage family, Boraginaceae. It is a rare rheophyte native to India, where it is a member of the lotic ecosystem of streams.[1]
The plant is a mandatory component of many ayurvedic drug preparations and is an important traditional medicine for kidney and bladder stones. The root tuber is astringent, bitter, diuretic and also useful in treating coughs, heart diseases, dysuria, blood disorders, fever, poisonings, ulcers and uterine diseases.[2] Root decoctions are both diuretic and laxative and are used to treat bladder stones and sexually transmitted diseases.[3] Plants were exploited for their medicinal properties by excavating the roots, causing them to die. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rotula_aquatica)
Boraginaceae Week :: Rotula aquatica at Yeoor Hills: Rotula aquatica Lour.
ro-TWO-luh — from the Latin rota (wheel) … Wiktionary; perhaps referring to corolla
a-KWA-tee-kuh — lives in water … Dave’s Botanary Oct 2, 2010 … at Yeoor Hills (part of Sanjay Gandhi National Park), Mumbai
commonly known as: rotula • Garo: singkhantha • Hindi: पाषाणभेद pashanabhed • Kannada: ಪಾಷಾಣಭೇದ paashaanabheda • Khasi: la khowang • Malayalam: kallurvanci • Marathi: मचिम machim • Sanskrit: अश्मःभेदः ashmahabhedah, मूत्रल mutrala, पाषाणभेदः pashanabhedah • Tamil: செப்புநெரிஞ்சி ceppunerinji • Telugu: పాషాణభేది pashanabhedi Native to: China, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam References: Flowers of India • Ayurvedic Medicinal Plants • eFlora • Sahyadri Database • ENVIS – FRLHT • Further Flowers of Sahyadri by Shrikant Ingalhalikar more views: Oct 2, 2010 … at Yeoor Hills (part of Sanjay Gandhi National Park), Mumbai Similar to but distinctly different too, almost as small as the brahmi leaves
Boraginaceae Week :: Rotula aquatica at CBD Belapur Hills, Navi Mumbai: Sharing few pics of Rotula aquatica. one more incidence of it growing in rocky ledges, … showed one .. so this is seen in several places in western ghats
Rotula aquatica
Date: 9th January 2015 Date: 9th January 2015 It looks like Rotula aquatica. All the plants I have seen have pale purple coloured flowers. ‘..have pale purple coloured flowers.’ Thank you ma’am and thank you sir.
I also found pale purple coloured variants of the same growing by this one’s side. Please see efi thread
  
Rotula aquatica Rotula aquatica indeed
260 ID wild plant: 10 high res. images.
Please ID wild plant, rare only one it’s kind.
Only 06cm hard base is remaining and little shoots lengths upto 15cm from this base, so I don’t know it’s original height. Location: near Vannappuram Thodupuzha Idukki Dist. Kerala PIN:685607
Altitude: 1500fsl Flower date: 24.01.2022, 12.40pm Habitat: wild, moisture, river sandy surface Plant habit: small shrub, erect, purple branches, hard stem 02 inch base diameter, hairy, perennial Height: Leaves: alternate, ovate, oblong, apex, velvety, size:02×01cm or less Flower: racemose, diameter:10mm, pink, non fragrant Fruit: drupe globular, orange, diameter:02.5mm, edible sweet fleshy Seed: greenish yellow, 04 nos., pea shaped, nice granular Camera: Canon EOS1500D, mobile Samsung Galaxy A21s (seed and drupe) Check Ritula aquatica Spellcheck Rotula aquatica Yes, it is Ritula aquatica, dear …, thank you very much for ID my plant, . References:
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