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Leucas cephalotes

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Leucas cephalotes is an annual plant that can grow up to 0.90 metres tall. It is harvested from the wild for local use as a food and medicine.

Uses

Malaria, Fever, Boils, Urinary complaints, Nosebleeds.[1]

Parts Used

Young shoots, Tender leaves.

Chemical Composition

[2]

Common names

Language Common name
Kannada Dronapushpi
Hindi Bishkhapru
Malayalam Tumba
Tamil Peruntumpai
Telugu Pedda tummi
Marathi Deokhumba
Gujarathi
Punjabi
Kashmiri
Sanskrit Chhatraka
English Head Leucas


Properties

Reference: Dravya - Substance, Rasa - Taste, Guna - Qualities, Veerya - Potency, Vipaka - Post-digesion effect, Karma - Pharmacological activity, Prabhava - Therepeutics.

Dravya

Rasa

Guna

Veerya

Vipaka

Karma

Prabhava

Habit

Annual

Identification

Leaf

Kind Shape Feature
Narrow Oblong-elliptic Cuneate. Nearly entire to slightly toothed

[3]

Flower

Type Size Color and composition Stamen More information
White Upper lip bearded, Lower lip is clearly longer than upper

Fruit

Type Size Mass Appearance Seeds More information
Narrow nutlets 3x2mm long Oblong Blunty trigonous

Other features

List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used

Where to get the saplings

Mode of Propagation

Seeds

How to plant/cultivate

We have very little information on this species and do not know if it will succeed outdoors in Britain.[4]

Commonly seen growing in areas

Open areas.

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References

  1. Indian Medicinal Plants by C.P.Khare
  2. [Chemistry]
  3. Kappatagudda - A Repertoire of Medicianal Plants of Gadag by Yashpal Kshirasagar and Sonal Vrishni, Page No. 257
  4. Cultivation

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