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Botanical Name Plant's Common Name Plant Family

MH222 : Leucas biflora (Vahl) Sm.

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Melghat's Flora's Serial No. : 417  
Class : Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons
Order : Lamiales
Family : Lamiaceae / Labiatae - Mint family
Genus : Leucas R. Br. - leucas
Species : Leucas biflora
Plant Location in Melghat : -  
Plant Category : Herbs  
Plant's Current Status : UNCOMMON  
Plant Family : Labiatae  
 
Plant Common Name : Jodi Burumbi, Two-Flowered Leucas,
 
Synonym : Blandina biflora (Vahl) Raf.
Leucas biflora procumbens (Desf.) Gamble.
Leucas procumbens Desf.
Nepeta indica Burm.f., nom. illeg.
Phlomis biflora Vahl.
Description : Diffuse or scandent herbs; branches finely pubescent. Leaves broadly ovate, acute, base obtuse, membranous, crenate, to 3.5 x 2 cm; petiole 0.5 cm long. Flowers solitary; calyx tubular, 7 mm long, finely strigose; corolla white, 1.4 cm long, annulate-villous inside at middle. Nutlets oblong, truncate.
 
Curated Medicinal Use / Activity : anti-diabetic; In ethnic medicine in NE India, the mature leaf decoction is uses as eye drop twice a day in case of conjunctivitis. The mature leaves ground with the leaves of Centella asiatica in a ratio of 2:1 and the juice extracted from this mixture is applied directly to stop instance of bleeding from nose. Four to five leaves are also prescribed to chew with a leaf of Piper betel (Pan Pata) for the women who suffer from white discharge.
 
Plant's Phytochemicals : Ursolic acid
Reference : ~ Dhore MA and Joshi PA; "Flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve"; Directorate, Project Tiger, Melghat (1988); PMID :