Heliotropium indicum L.

Taxonomy: Plantae > Tracheophyta > Magnoliopsida > Boraginales > Boraginaceae > Heliotropium > H. indicum

Description: Erect, branched, pubescent herbs. Leaves to 11 x 6 cm, sub-deltoid or broadly ovate, base turncate, margin undulate, apex acute, chartaceous; petiole 3-6 cm long. Spikes terminal or leaf-opposed, curved, to 20 cm long. Flowers sessile. Calyx- lobes 5, 1.5-2 mm long, linear, acute. Corolla pale violet or pink, salver-form; tube 3-4 mm long, slightly constricted distally, 5 -lobed; lobes c. 1 mm long, ovate. Stamens 5, subsessile, free. Ovary weakly 4 -lobed; stigma conical. Nutlets connate in pairs, separating later, ribbed, each nutlet 2-3 mm long.

Flowering and Fruiting: September- March

Uses: Ayurveda, Folk medicine, Unani, Siddha, Folk medicine, Traditional chinese medicine.

Cultivation: Wild

References

http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org

https://indiabiodiversity.org