Morphological information

A slender, sparingly branched perennial, up to 3 m tall and copiously armed with stiff stinging hairs,stems obtusely angled, leaves membranous, wrinkled ovule or ovate-cordate or lanceolate acurninate, doubly crenate or serrate. Stipules connate, ovate oblong, entire, puberculous. Flowers small monoeffious, green, clustered on lax axillary cyrnes, achenes small with persistent sepals inner fruiting sepals rounded, twice as long as the outer; male and fruiting sepals hispid.

Flowering                                 : March-July

Fruiting                                    : August-January

History                                     :

Parts                                        : Leaves, roots and flowers.

Status                                      : Low risk

Medicinal                                  : The roots are employed for the treatment of fractures and dislocations. The leaves and inflorescences are prescribed as

                                                tonic and a cleaning agent after parturition. A decoction of the herb is given in fever.