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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 . It can grows 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}}
==Common names==
{{Common names|kn=bhoorundiBhoorundi, celubaladagidhaCelubaladagidha, chaelu Chaelu baalada gida, chaelu Chaelu mani, chaelubaalaChaelubaala|ml= tekkataTekkata, tekkitaTekkita, teliyenniTeliyenni, telkataTelkata|sa=bhurundiBhurundi, duralabhaDuralabha, hastishundiHastishundi, srihastiniSrihastini, suryavartaSuryavarta, vrscikaliVrscikali, nagadantiNagadanti|ta=aanaikundrimaniAanaikundrimani, anai kundumaniAnai Kundumani|te=kodikkiKodikki, naga Naga danti|hi=hattaHatta-juri, hatisuraHatisura|en=Indian heliotrope}}
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===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===
