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Hidmichia

Local Name	:	Hidmichia
Botanical Name	:	Enhydra fluctuans Lour.
Common Name	:	Buffalo Spinach
Family	:	Asteraceae
Distribution	:	Found throughout India including Odisha. Native to tropical and subtropical regions including Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka, and Burma
Habit	:	Herb
Short Description	:	It is an aquatic or semi-aquatic herb with succulent stems and lance-shaped leaves. It bears small, white to pale blue flowers and is often used in traditional medicine and culinary dishes.

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Descriptions

It is a prostrate, glabrous herb. Leaves are linear to lanceolate in shape, serrated along the edges. Flowers are small, inconspicuous, arranged in clusters or spikes at the tips of the stems. Each flower consists of five petals and is typically white or pale pink in color. Fruits are small, cylindrical fruits containing seeds

Flowering & Fruiting Period

December - February

Use(s)

Leaves are edible. Leaves decoction is useful in women’s problems.