Range. Wet places in Indo-China, Myanmar, Bangla Desh, India, Nepal, Sri Lan­ka, Pakistan Punjab, and Tropical Africa. In Myanmar, found in Bago.

Conservation status. Least Concern

Uses.
Leaf: Used in treating jaundice.

Leaf, Root, Seed: Used as expectorant, and diuretic in dropsy. Root: Used to treat rheumatism.

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Origin:
Throughout India along the banks of fresh or stagnant water ditches and swampy grounds,mixed with marshy grasses and sedges.

Action:
Leaves, roots and seeds— diuretic; used for diseases of the urinogenital tract, spermatorrhoea. Seeds promote sexual vigour, arrest abortion and cure diseases due to vitiated blood. Also used for arthritis and oedema.
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Origin:

Nigeria

Part used

whole plant

Medicinal uses

craw-craw,bacteriostatic

1) DeFilipps, Robert A.; Krupnick, Gary A. / PhytoKeys, v. 102. - - p. 1 - 314,  2018.

2) Khare, C.P./ Indian Medicinal Plants. -- Nueva Dheli: Springer, 2007 . - p. 836.

3) Abd El-Ghani1, Monier M./ Traditional medicinal plants of Nigeria: an overview: Agric. Biol. J. N. Am., 2016, 7(5): 220-247. - p. 222.