| PlantID | 0053 |
| Botanical Name | Hedyotis herbacea |
| Common Name | Chayaparpatika |
| Classification | | Kingdom: | Plantae | | Subkingdom: | Tracheobionta | | Division: | Magnoliophyta | | Class: | Magnoliopsida | | Subclass: | Asteridae | | Order: | Rubiales | | Family: | Rubiaceae | | Genus: | Hedyotis | | Species: | herbacea |
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| Part used | Whole plant, leaves. |
| Medicinal Properties | Bitter, sweet, cooling, febrifuge, anthelmintic, anti-inflammatory, expectorant, stomachic and tonic.
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| Medicinal Use | Whole plant is useful in elephantiasis, verminosis, dyspepsia, flatulence, colic, inflammations, consumption, ulcers and hydrocele. Leaves: jaundice, rheumatism, asthma, bronchitis, fever, snake bite.
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| Chemistry | Root-bark: dyeing material. |
| Cultivation | NA |
| Regional Habitat | Occurence rare, found in open waste places, moist areas, upto 1650 m elevation. Distribution: Sirohi (Mt. Abu) district of Rajasthan.
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| Description | An erect much branched glabrous bushy annual or bi-annual, branches slender, 4-gonous, divaricate. Leaves: simple, opposite, sessile, linear-lanceolate, usually with recurved margins, lower borader than upper ones. Flowers: small, white, solitary or in paniculate axillary cymes, corolla tube slender. Fruits: subglobose capsules, capsule valves elongate. Seeds: ellipsoid. Flowers and fruits appears during Ocotber-December.
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| Image | Sorry no image found |
