- Synonym:
- V. paniculata Lam.
- Plant Family:
- Verbenaceae.
- Habit & Habitat:
- A shrub up to 1-3m tall, common in sub-tropical zone.
- Plant Description:
- Leaves compound, opposite, palmately divided, 3-5 foliate. Leaflets lanceolate, middle largest, entire and irregularly denticulate. Inflorescence terminal, 10-25 cm long, tapering-thyrsoid, cymes verticillate at nodes, peduncled. Flower zygomorphic, small, subsessile, pale violet to pink-mauve. Calyx bell shaped, 5-toothed.Corolla tube as long as calyx. Limb slightly 2-lipped with 5-unequal lobes. Fruit a drupe, subglobose or ovoid, 5mm in diameter, 4-celled with 1-seed in each cell.
- Flowering and Fruiting:
- June-December.
- Harvesting Time:
- August-January.
- Medicinal Value:
- It is called lady plant, treats unpleasant premenstrual syndrome (PMS), increases milk flow, also used to prevent malaria, cold, cough and bacterial dysentery.[5][9] Locally leaf juice is used in sore throat and toothache.
- Part Used:
- Leaf and seed.
- Occurrence:
- Common.
- Future Perspective:
- Collection, Drying, Packing, Herbal Pharmacy.
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