Family: Boraginaceae
Synonym: Heliophytum indicum (L.) DC.
Vernacular name: Thekkada
Habit: Herb
Habitat: Moist places, roadsides, borders of drains
Distribution: India, South America, Myanmar, Africa, China, Malaysia
Flowering and Fruiting: September-March
Key identification features: Erect, branched, pubescent herbs. Leaves sub-deltoid or broadly ovate, undulate margin. Spikes terminal or leaf-opposed, curved. Flowers pale violet or pink, salver-form; calyx-lobes linear. Nutlets ribbed, connate in pairs.
Uses: The plant has been widely used for centuries to treat
warts, inflammations and tumours.
No comments:
Post a Comment