Botanical name : Hygrophilla auriculata (K.Schum.) Heine.
Family : Acanthaceae
SANSKRIT SYNONYMS
Kokilaksha, Ikshura
AYURVEDIC PROPERTIES
Rasa    : Madhura, Kashaya, Tikta
Guna   : Lakhu, Snigda
Virya   : Seeta
PLANT NAME IN DIFFERENT LANGUAGES
English  : Long leaved barleria
Hindi  : Talmakhana, Kamtakalya
Malayalam : Vayalchulli, Chulli
PLANT DESCRIPTION
An erect semi woody, annual grows up to 1.5 meters in height. Stem quadrangular, leaves in a verticles of six at a node, two very large, bearing three straight sharp spines at each axils, flowers purple, in the axils of leaves. Fruits are linear oblong compressed capsules, seeds 4-8 per pod, smooth with mucilaginous coating.
MEDICINAL PROPERTIES
Plant pacifies vitiated vata, pitta, ascites, hyperdipsia, rheumatoid arthritis, vesical calculi, sexual weakness, impotency, jaundice, dropsy, cough and anemia.  
Useful part : Roots, Leaves, Seeds.