St Mary's College, Sulthan Bathery / Plant
Tropical annual herbaceous weed . Stem often red , long white hairs present . Leaves with unpleasant smell covered with fine hair. Leaves oppositely arranged ovate to lance like , coarsely rounded , toothed margin . Pale blue or whitish flower heads forming dense domed to flat topped clusters in leaf axils .Sepals 5: petals 5. Seeds dark with scales end in needle like shape
English - Indian alpe
Hindi - Ghikanvar
Malayalam - Kattar vazha
Tamil - Katraalai
Kannada - Lolesara
*It is associated with antimicrobial , anti-protozoal and insecticidal activities (Yadav et al., 2019)
*Used to treat a variety of conditions , including common colds , headaches , boils , eczema .
* Also used in treating bleeding wounds and burns .
* It has larvicidal and growth inhibitory activity (Neetu et al., 2011) .
* Used against dysentery and diarrhoea .