Morphological information

A dioecious much- branched shrub 1.2- 3 m high, trunk stout, light coloured; branched pale, sub quadrangular, usually verticillate in threes, grooved; young shoots downy. Leaves light green, crowded towards the ends of the branches, opposite or verticillate in threes, 10-15 by 2.2- 4.5 cm, oblong- lanceolate, acute, crenulate or serrulate, softly pubescent on both sides, base acute; petioles1- 2.5 cm long. Flowers numerous, in paniculate often ternately arranged spikes 5-10 cm long by 6 mm diam. in flower, reaching 1.3 an diam. or more in fruit; bracts 1.5 mm long, solitary, linear, pubescent; bracteoles several, 2 mm long, connate at the base into a whorl Calyx in flower 2.5-3 mm long, 5- partite almost to the base; teeth subulate. Plumore with while hairs, elongating to nearly 6 mm in fruit when the spikes appear, like squirrels tails. Corolla 2 mm long, while; upper lobe emarginate. Nutlets 0.85 mm long, oblong- obovoid, pubescent, usually solitary, hairy at the tip.

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Parts                  : Roots and leaves.

Status                : Low risk.

 Traditional         : The stem and leaves is used by the local people to extract worms from bad sores on their legs