Diya Nidikumba Neptunia oleracea

Common name  -  Diya nidikumba

Botanical name -  Neptunia oleracea

Family                    -  Lamiaceae

Life cycle                -  Perennial

Morphology            

• Aquatic, floating or prostrate near water’s edge. Tap root thick, becoming woody. Stems to 1.5 m long, rarely branched
• Leaves; lanceolate, with the base obliquely cordate, glabrous, with the margins entire, bipinnate, with 2 - 3 pairs of pinnae
• Inflorescence a spike, erect or slightly nodding, pedunculate, borne solitary in the axils of the leaves Spikes obovoid in bud. Peduncles 5.0 - 20.0 cm long, glabrous, usually with two bracts subtending the spike
• Legume broadly oblong, flat, membranous-coriaceous, glabrous, marginally dehiscent, 1.9 - 2.8 cm long, 0.8 - 1.0 cm broad, with the body usually at right angles to the stripe

Propagation 

• By seeds and stem cuttings
• Agriculture usage/ importance 
• Treatment for Tumours, Cancers, Ear diseases, Venereal diseases

Control method