Botanical name : Hedyotis corymbosa (Linn.) Lam.

Family : Rubiaceae

SANSKRIT SYNONYMS

Parpata, Parpataka

AYURVEDIC PROPERTIES

Rasa : Tikta, Katu

Guna : Lakhu, Rooksha

Virya : Seeta

PLANT NAME IN DIFFERENT LANGUAGES

English :

Hindi : Daman pappar, Pitpapra

Malayalam : Parpatakapullu, Parpatakam

PLANT DESCRIPTION

Much spreading annual grows up to 40 cm in height, with erect spreading slender stems. Leaves simple, opposite, subsessile, narrow with recurved margins. Flowers white in pairs or in clusters of three, with long peduncle; fruits are capsules, globose or pyriform, seeds minute, pale brown, angular.

MEDICINAL PROPERTIES

Plant pacifies vitiated pitta, fever, depression, jaundice, giddiness, flatulence, colic, constipation, skin diseases, cough, bronchitis and hepatitis.

Useful part : Whole plant.