Morphological information

A erect herb densely clothed with soft, yellow-grey, stellate hairs, stems robust, 0.9-1.8 m, winged with the prolonged leaf-bases. Leaves entire or crenate, thickly covered with soft, whitish, stellate hairs; radicle leaves large, stalked, obovate-lanceolate; cauline sessile, oblong-lanceolate, acute or acuminate. Flowers yellow, crowded in terminal wolly spikes; capsules ovoid, tomentose, septicidal; seeds wrinkled, winged, cone-shaped, finely pitted.

Flowering                                : June-September

Fruiting                                    : August-October

History                                    :

Parts                                       : Leaves, fruits and flower.

Status                                     : Low risk

Agrocultivation                       : The plant is propagated from cuttings or divisions. It can even easily raised from seed.

Unani

 The leaves are narcotic to fish, useful in chest complaints, gout, rheumatism, diarrhoea, cough; used externally as an emollient.

Traditional

 The leaves are used as local application in piles, sunburns. (Lepcha System). Leaves and fruits used in diarrhoea and in pulmonary diseases of cattle. Leaves used as demulcent in pectoral complaints and dried leaves smoked to relieve irritation. Decoction of leaves used as a heart stimulant. The roots are employed as febrifuge (C.S.).

 

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