Freshwater
Bacopa crenata
Plantaginaceae
Facts
Care
We have no care for this plant yet. If you know how it thrives, you can suggest it.
Range
Native
Lives wild in Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo - Brazzaville, Congo - Kinshasa, and 18 more countries.
More about the species
Description
Bacopa crenata, the waterhyssop, brahmi, or moneywort, is a perennial or annual medicinal herb indigenous to tropical Africa and Madagascar.
Other names
Other scientific names
- Bacopa calycina
- Herpestis calycina
- Herpestis crenata
- Herpestis thonningii
- Moniera calycina
- Moniera thonningii
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