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Botanical Name |
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Lemna minor L. |
English
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Lesser Duckweed |
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Araceae |
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General Info
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Deciduous, free-floating, aquatic perennials that form a rapidly-expanding mat of foliage (to 1/4†tall) on still water surfaces. Each plant consists of an oval-rounded, flattened green frond (to 1/8†long) with a single downward-trailing root. Foliage is bright green. Tiny flowers are white, but rarely produced. |
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Alterative, antipruritic, antiscorbutic, astringent, depurative, diuretic, febrifuge and soporific (whole plant) |
Pharmacology
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In the treatment of colds, measles, oedema, difficulty in urination, skin diseases and is used as a wash for ophthalmia (whole plant) |
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