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[[File:Heliotropium indicum 1.jpg|thumb|right|''Bhurundi'', ''Heliotropium indicum'']]
'''Bhurundi''' is an erect, usually much-branched, annual to perennial plant growing up to 1.5 metres tall. The stems are usually woody at the base. The plant is often harvested from the wild and used locally for its medicinal virtues.
==Uses==
{{Uses|Wound healing}}, {{Uses|Skin diseases}}, {{Uses|Insect bites}}, {{Uses|Fever}}, {{Uses|Eye pain}}
<ref name="Uses"/>
==Parts Used==
{{Parts Used|Whole plant}}
==Chemical Composition==
==Common names==
{{Common names|kn=bhoorundi, celubaladagidha, chaelu baalada gida, chaelu mani, chaelubaala|ml= tekkata, tekkita, teliyenni, telkata|sa=bhurundi, duralabha, hastishundi, srihastini, suryavarta, vrscikali, nagadanti|ta=aanaikundrimani, anai kundumani|te=kodikki, naga danti|hi=hatta-juri, hatisura|en=Indian heliotrope}}
<ref name="Common names"/>
==Properties==
Reference: Dravya - Substance, Rasa - Taste, Guna - Qualities, Veerya - Potency, Vipaka - Post-digesion effect, Karma - Pharmacological activity, Prabhava - Therepeutics.
===Dravya===
===Rasa===
Tikta (Bitter), kashaya (Astringent)
===Guna===
Laghu (Light), Snigdha (Oily)
===Veerya===
Ushna (Hot)
===Vipaka===
===Karma===
Pitta, Vata
===Prabhava===
==Habit==
{{Habit|Herb}}
==Identification==
===Leaf===
{{Leaf|Simple|Opposite|Leaves simple, opposite, 11 x 6 cm, sub-deltoid or broadly ovate, apex acute,base turncate, margin undulate, chartaceous; petiole 3-6 cm long}}<ref name="Leaf"/>
===Flower===
{{Flower|Bisexual|Curved spikes|Violet or pink|5|Flowers sessile, in terminal or leaf-opposed curved, to 20 cm long spikes. Calyx- lobes 5, 1.5-2 mm long, linear, acute. Corolla pale violet or pink, salver-form; tube 3-4 mm long, slightly constricted distally, 5 -lobed; lobes c. 1 mm long, ovate. Stamens 5, subsessile, free. Ovary weakly 4 -lobed; stigma conical. }}
===Fruit===
{{Fruit|Nutlet|2 - 3 mm||Nutlets connate in pairs, separating later, ribbed|}}
===Other features===
==List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used==
==Where to get the saplings==
==Mode of Propagation==
{{Propagation|Seeds}}, {{Propagation|Cuttings}}.
==How to plant/cultivate==
===Season to grow===
===Soil type===
===Propagation===
==Commonly seen growing in areas==
{{Commonly seen|Tropical area}}, {{Commonly seen|Sub tropical area}}
==Photo Gallery==
<gallery class="left" caption="" widths="140px" heights="140px">
File:Heliotropium indicum W IMG 9793.jpg|Flowers
File:Heliotropium indicum W IMG 9953.jpg|Flowers
File:Heliotropium indicum at Mayyil (2).jpg|Flowers
File:Heliotropium indicum 05a.JPG|Leaves
File:Heliotropium indicum 06a.JPG|Leaves
File:தேள் கொடுக்கு6.jpg|Nutlets
</gallery>
==References==
<references>
<ref name="Uses">[http://dhaarrii.blogspot.com/2009/09/heliotropium-indicum.html Uses]</ref>
<ref name="Leaf">[http://keralaplants.in/flowering-plants-kerala-dvd.aspx Botonic description]</ref>
<ref name="Common names">[http://envis.frlht.org/bot_search Vernacular names]</ref>
</references>
==External Links==
* [http://tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Heliotropium+indicum]
* [http://ijpsr.com/bft-article/a-review-on-heliotropium-indicum-l-boraginaceae/?view=fulltext]
[[Category:Herbs]]
[[Category:Herb]]
'''Bhurundi''' is an erect, usually much-branched, annual to perennial plant growing up to 1.5 metres tall. The stems are usually woody at the base. The plant is often harvested from the wild and used locally for its medicinal virtues.
==Uses==
{{Uses|Wound healing}}, {{Uses|Skin diseases}}, {{Uses|Insect bites}}, {{Uses|Fever}}, {{Uses|Eye pain}}
<ref name="Uses"/>
==Parts Used==
{{Parts Used|Whole plant}}
==Chemical Composition==
==Common names==
{{Common names|kn=bhoorundi, celubaladagidha, chaelu baalada gida, chaelu mani, chaelubaala|ml= tekkata, tekkita, teliyenni, telkata|sa=bhurundi, duralabha, hastishundi, srihastini, suryavarta, vrscikali, nagadanti|ta=aanaikundrimani, anai kundumani|te=kodikki, naga danti|hi=hatta-juri, hatisura|en=Indian heliotrope}}
<ref name="Common names"/>
==Properties==
Reference: Dravya - Substance, Rasa - Taste, Guna - Qualities, Veerya - Potency, Vipaka - Post-digesion effect, Karma - Pharmacological activity, Prabhava - Therepeutics.
===Dravya===
===Rasa===
Tikta (Bitter), kashaya (Astringent)
===Guna===
Laghu (Light), Snigdha (Oily)
===Veerya===
Ushna (Hot)
===Vipaka===
===Karma===
Pitta, Vata
===Prabhava===
==Habit==
{{Habit|Herb}}
==Identification==
===Leaf===
{{Leaf|Simple|Opposite|Leaves simple, opposite, 11 x 6 cm, sub-deltoid or broadly ovate, apex acute,base turncate, margin undulate, chartaceous; petiole 3-6 cm long}}<ref name="Leaf"/>
===Flower===
{{Flower|Bisexual|Curved spikes|Violet or pink|5|Flowers sessile, in terminal or leaf-opposed curved, to 20 cm long spikes. Calyx- lobes 5, 1.5-2 mm long, linear, acute. Corolla pale violet or pink, salver-form; tube 3-4 mm long, slightly constricted distally, 5 -lobed; lobes c. 1 mm long, ovate. Stamens 5, subsessile, free. Ovary weakly 4 -lobed; stigma conical. }}
===Fruit===
{{Fruit|Nutlet|2 - 3 mm||Nutlets connate in pairs, separating later, ribbed|}}
===Other features===
==List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used==
==Where to get the saplings==
==Mode of Propagation==
{{Propagation|Seeds}}, {{Propagation|Cuttings}}.
==How to plant/cultivate==
===Season to grow===
===Soil type===
===Propagation===
==Commonly seen growing in areas==
{{Commonly seen|Tropical area}}, {{Commonly seen|Sub tropical area}}
==Photo Gallery==
<gallery class="left" caption="" widths="140px" heights="140px">
File:Heliotropium indicum W IMG 9793.jpg|Flowers
File:Heliotropium indicum W IMG 9953.jpg|Flowers
File:Heliotropium indicum at Mayyil (2).jpg|Flowers
File:Heliotropium indicum 05a.JPG|Leaves
File:Heliotropium indicum 06a.JPG|Leaves
File:தேள் கொடுக்கு6.jpg|Nutlets
</gallery>
==References==
<references>
<ref name="Uses">[http://dhaarrii.blogspot.com/2009/09/heliotropium-indicum.html Uses]</ref>
<ref name="Leaf">[http://keralaplants.in/flowering-plants-kerala-dvd.aspx Botonic description]</ref>
<ref name="Common names">[http://envis.frlht.org/bot_search Vernacular names]</ref>
</references>
==External Links==
* [http://tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Heliotropium+indicum]
* [http://ijpsr.com/bft-article/a-review-on-heliotropium-indicum-l-boraginaceae/?view=fulltext]
[[Category:Herbs]]
[[Category:Herb]]
