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Justicia adhatoda L.
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- Local Name:
- Bhaiker.
- Synonym:
- Adhatoda vasica Nees
- Habit & Habitat:
- An erect, much branched shrub, up to 100 cm tall, found in sub-tropical zone.
- Plant Description:
- Leaves simple, elliptic-lanceolate, petiolate, yellowish-green. Inflorescence terminal and axillary spike. Flower zygomorphic, white. Calyx-lobed. Lobes linear-lanceolate. Corolla pale- white. Limb 2-lipped, upper erect while lower with 3- elliptic lobes. Fruit a capsule, club like.
- Flowering and Fruiting:
- February-August.
- Harvesting Time:
- April-December.
- Medicinal Value:
- It is used to treat cold, cough, whooping cough, chronic bronchitis and asthma, used in different forms as fresh juice, decoction, infusion and powder.[1][15] Locally it is called Khansi Jari, roots are used in rheumatism, pneumonia and cough, while leaves are used as antiseptic, expectorant and antispasmodic.
- Part Used:
- Whole plant.
- Occurrence:
- Very common.
- Future Perspective:
- Collection, Drying, Packing, Herbal Pharmacy, Allopathic Pharmacy.
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