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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}}
==Parts Used==
{{Parts Used|Whole plantLeaf}}, {{Parts Used|Root}}, {{Parts Used|Seed}}.<ref name="Karnataka Medicinal Plants"/>
==Chemical Composition==
This plant contains many important Phytochemicals, Including Pyrrolizidine Alkaloids, Indicine, Echinitine, Supinine, Heleurine, Heliotrine, Lasiocarpine, Acetyl indicine, Indicinine, Indicine N-oxide, Cynoglossine, Europine N-oxide, Heleurine N-oxide, Heliotridine N-oxide, Heliotrine N-oxide.<ref name="Chemical Composition"/>
==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}}<ref name="Common names"/>
==Properties==
===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. Flowering from April to October}}
===Fruit===
{{Fruit|Nutlet|2 - 3 mm||Nutlets connate in pairs, separating later, ribbed||Fruiting from April to October}}
===Other features===
==How to plant/cultivate==
Originally from S. America, the plant has spread and become naturalized through much of the tropics and subtropics. Plants can flower all year round<ref name===Season "How to grow=== ===Soil type=== ===Propagation===plant/cultivate"/>
==Commonly seen growing in areas==
<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>
<ref name="Karnataka Medicinal Plants">”Karnataka Medicinal Plants Volume-3” by Dr.M. R. Gurudeva, Page No.438, Published by Divyachandra Prakashana, #6/7, Kaalika Soudha, Balepete cross, Bengaluru</ref>
<ref name="Chemical Composition">Journal Paper from National Library of Medicine - Heliotropium indicum L.: From Farm to a Source of Bioactive Compounds with Therapeutic Activity</ref>
<ref name="How to plant/cultivate">Tropical the Ferns Information about Cultivation</ref>
</references>
==External Links==
* [http://tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Heliotropium+indicumHeliotropium indicum on theferns.info] * [http://ijpsr.com/bft-article/a-review-on-heliotropium-indicum-l-boraginaceae/?view=fulltextHeliotropium indicum on ijpsr.com]
[[Category:Herbs]]
[[Category:HerbBoraginaceae]]
