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Duhsparsha is a perennial twinning herb, covered with stinging hairs. Alternately arranged leaves are oblong-lanceolate or ovate, toothed, base heart-shaped or rounded, tip long pointed. Flowers are borne in racemes in leaf axils. Female flowers are few, in lower part of inflorescence; male flowers are many in the upper part. Fruit is a 3-lobed capsule, containing 3 round smooth seeds.
Medicinal uses: [Warning: Unverified information] Roots are useful in pruritic skin eruptions, veneral diseases, diabetes, guinea worms. Leaves are supposed to be good for cephalagia.
Common name
- English - climbing nettle
- Kannada - ತುರಿಕೆ ಬಳ್ಳಿ
- Hindi - पीत पर्णी
