Prostrate plant with attractive purple colored leaves . Leaves are opposite , ovate , 4.5 - 8 cm wide , with blunt tip , rounded , heart shaped base , toothed margins . Flowers white , in terminal spikes up to 7 cm long . Flowers tubular , cylindrical below , Swollen above , 1.0 - 1.5 cm long and 5 lobed . calyx 5 lobed , lobes subequal ; corolla tube 5 lobed . Fruit capsule linear .

English - Red Ivy

Hindi -

Malayalam - Murivooti

Tamil -

Kannada -

* It's leaves are pasted and applied to fresh wounds to stop bleeding and promote healing

* In kerala the plant is popular in the name murikooti because of it's incredible potency to heal wounds .

* It is used to treat haemorrhage after parturition .

* It also cures venereal discharges and dysentery .

* The leaves in decoction are taken internally for excessive menstruation .