| PlantID | 0054 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Botanical Name | Hedyotis umbellata | ||||||||||||||||||
| Common Name | Ghurga | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Part used | Leaves and roots. | ||||||||||||||||||
| Medicinal Properties | Leaves: expectorant. Roots: febrifuge. | ||||||||||||||||||
| Medicinal Use | Leaves: asthma and bronchitis. Roots: fever. | ||||||||||||||||||
| Chemistry | Root: chay-root dye | ||||||||||||||||||
| Cultivation | NA | ||||||||||||||||||
| Regional Habitat | Commonly found among grasses in moist and shady places. Distribution: Sikar, alwar, jaipur, bharatpur and jhalawar districts. | ||||||||||||||||||
| Description | Diffuse, annual herbs. Branched from the base, branches obscurely 4-gonous, scabrescent, 5-12 cm long. Leaves: opposite, often fascicled; stipues membranous, pectinate; sessile; lamina tapering at base, linear, surfaces glabrous, apex acute, margins scabrous. Flowers: 0.3 cm long, borne in 2-10 axillary/extraxillary umbellate cymes; calyx glabrescent, 0.2 cm long; teeth 4, linear-lanceolate; corolla white, margins pink; capsules bilobed, dehiscent transversely, crown flat. Seeds: numerous, brown and ellipsoid. Flowers and fruits appears during September-October. | ||||||||||||||||||
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Hedyotis umbellata