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Marrubium vulgare

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Marrubium vulgare

Marrubium vulgare (white horehound or common horehound) is a flowering plant in the mint family (Lamiaceae), native to Europe, northern Africa, and southwestern and central Asia. It is also widely naturalized in many places, including most of North and South America.

Uses

Parts Used

Chemical Composition

Volatile oil, alkaloids, flavonoids.[1]

Common names

Language Common name
Kannada
Hindi
Malayalam
Tamil
Telugu
Marathi NA
Gujarathi NA
Punjabi NA
Kashmiri NA
Sanskrit
English White Horehound


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

Identification

Leaf

Kind Shape Feature
Simple Spiral The oppositely arranged leaves are also covered in whitish hairs (i.e. tomentose), particularly on their undersides. Lower leaves have longer leaf stalks (i.e. petioles) than the upper leaves, with stalks usually from 10-25 mm long. These leaves (10-70 mm long and 8-45 mm wide) are egg-shaped in outline (i.e. ovate) or almost rounded (i.e. orbicular) and somewhat crinkled (i.e. rugose) in appearance.

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Flower

Type Size Color and composition Stamen More information
Bisexual Small White The white tubular flowers (6-12 mm long) are borne in dense clusters in the forks (i.e. axils) of the upper leaves. Flowers are two-lipped (i.e. bi-labiate), the upper 'lip' being divided into two lobes and the lower 'lip' being divided into three lobes. These flowers are surrounded by a persistent green tube (4-7 mm long) made up of the fused sepals. Flowering occurs throughout the year, but is most common during spring and summer.


Other features

List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used

Where to get the saplings

Mode of Propagation

How to plant/cultivate

A weed of temperate, semi-arid and occasionally also sub-tropical regions. It is found along roadsides, railways, fence lines, waterways, and in waste areas, disturbed sites, gardens, pastures, grasslands, open woodlands and sometimes also in crops.[3]

Commonly seen growing in areas

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