(Boraginaceae) Rotula aquatica Lour.

Local name(s): (tohn khai khe ma)

Medicinal use(s): treat scarlet fever

Part(s) used: root

Field Characters: Shrub up to 1-2 m high, leaves small, long.

Locality: Attapeu Province, Xaisetta District, Ban Phon Ngam.

Habitat: 

Altitude: 989 m asl. 

Collector(s): K. Pharakosonh

Collection number(s): Pharakosonh 172

Collection Date: April 5, 2000

Additional information:  

Voucher specimen is in deposit at the Field Museum (F) Herbarium, Chicago, USA under accession no. 2246531.

Synonyms, images, taxonomic description: 


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Medicinal properties:

Bency B, Remya K, Rani S, et al. A Review on Medicinal uses Phytochemistry and Pharmacological actions. Indian Journal of Pharmaceutical and Biological Research [JPBR Internet].2017, 2025; 5(04):04-9. https://ijpbr.in/index.php/IJPBR/article/view/679  


Biswas P, Hasan I, Anand U, et al. Recent Update on Medicinal Properties of Rotula aquatica Lour. In book: Aquatic Medicinal Plants, 1st Edition, 2023, 14 pages, eBook ISBN9781003256830, Taylor & Francis Group Publ. https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edit/10.1201/9781003256830-7/recent-update-medicinal-properties-rotula-aquatica-lour-protha-biswas-ikbal-hasan-uttpal-anand-mimosa-ghorai-abdel-rahman-al-tawaha-ercan-bursal-vartika-jain-devendra-kumar-pandey-mallappa-kumara-swamy-mahipal-shekhawat-tabarak-malik-abhijit-dey


Vysakh A, Gopika P, Jayesh K, et al. Rotula aquatica Lour attenuates secretion of proinflammatory mediators and cytokines in lipopolysaccharide-induced inflammatory responses in murine RAW 264.7 macrophages. Inflammopharmacology 2018, 26(1):29-38.  DOI: 10.1007/s10787-017-0420-6
Vysakh A, Raji NR, Latha MS, et al. Traditional and Therapeutic Importance of Rotula aquatica Lour.: An Overview. International Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Research 2016, vol. 7, issue 3, pages 97-107. https://ijppr.humanjournals.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/10.A.Vysakh-Nair-R-Raji-MS-Latha-Mathew-Jyothis.pdf