English: Blepharis, Creeping Blepharis
Hindi: दूधिया चोटी Dudhiya Choti, Uttagana
Sanskrit: Barga Poo, Bhangari
Malayalam: Murikoottipacha-മുറികൂട്ടിപ്പച്ച, Hemakandy-ഹേമകണ്ഠി, Elumbotty-എലുമ്പൊട്ടി
Tamil: Kooravaal Chedi, Kozhimookkan
It is a prostrate herb rooting at nodes. Leaves are elliptic ovate to oblanceolate, margin entire or distantly toothed in the upper half, apex acutely apiculate. Bracts in four opposite pairs; bracteoles spathulate; calyx lobes four; outer calyx lobes unequal. Corolla white with pink nerves; tube urceolate; stamens 4. Capsule shining; seeds 2, orbicular, flattened. It is propagated by cuttings.
Leaf Arrangement
Shape-Cordate | Margin-Toothed | Venation-Reticulate |
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Useful plant parts:
Leaf
Medicinal uses:
Leaves are useful in healing wounds and cuts, earache
Chemical content:
Allantoin, Betaine, beta – sitosterol, oleanolic acid, apigenin, terniflorin, blepharin, coumaroyl flavone glucoside
Medicinal properties:
Aphrodisiac
http://www.phytojournal.com/archives/2015/vol4issue4/PartA/4-3-74.pdf
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