Anisomeles malabarica
Anisomeles malabarica
Author : (L.) R.Br. ex Sims.
Family :Lamiaceae
Habit:Subshrub
Sanskrit: Vaikunttah, Mahadronah
English:Malabar catmint
Description
An aromatic, densely pubescent, perennial herb, 1.2-2.0 m in height, with tetragonous stem, oblong-lanceolate leaves, pale purple flowers, in axillary whorls of dense cymes and small, smooth, ellipsoid and compressed nutlets.
Useful part

Whole plant

Medicinal Uses

epilepsy, hysteria, stomach and eye disorders, intestinal worms, fevers, scorpion sting, snake bite, swellings, diarrhoea.

Major chemical constituents

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