| PlantID | 0076 |
| Botanical Name | Boerhavia diffusa |
| Common Name | Santhi |
| Classification | | Kingdom: | Plantae | | Subkingdom: | Tracheobionta | | Division: | Magnoliophyta | | Class: | Magnoliopsida | | Subclass: | Caryophyllidae | | Order: | Caryophyllales | | Family: | Nyctaginaceae | | Genus: | Boerhavia | | Species: | diffusa |
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| Part used | Whole plant, specially roots. |
| Medicinal Properties | Bitter, astringent, anthelmintic, diuretic, aphrodisiac, cardiac stimulant, diaphoretic, emetic, expectorant, anti-inflammatory, febrifuge, laxative, and tonic. |
| Medicinal Use | It is useful in all types of inflammations, strangury, leucorrhoea, ophthalmia, lumbago, myalgia, scabies, cardiac disorders, jaundice, anaemia, dyspepsia, constipation, cough and bronchitis. |
| Chemistry | Alkaloids, ursolic acid, alanine, arachidic acid, aspartic acid, boeravinone A thru F, boerhaavic acid, borhavine, campesterol, daucosterol, ecdysone, flavones, galactose, glutamic acid, glutamine, glycine, hypoxanthine, tiriodendrin, oleaic acid, proline, palmitic acid, stearic acid, oxalic acid, serine, bita-sitosterols, threonine, ursolic acid, valine. |
| Cultivation | NA |
| Regional Habitat | Throughout Rajasthan, as a weed in wate lands and road sides. |
| Description | A perennial diffuse herb with stout root stock and many procumbent branches; leaves simple, opposite, short-petioled in unequal pairs, ovate-oblong, acute or obtuse, rounded or subcordate at base, glabrous above, and whitish beneath; flowers pale rose coloured, small, short-stalked; fruits highly viscid, easily detachable, one-seeded. |
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