Indian stinging nettle
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Scientific name
Tragia involucrata L.
English Name
Indian stinging nettle
Malayalam name
കൊടിത്തൂവ,ചൊറിയണം
Common name
Indian stinging nettle
Description
- Habit : Herb
- Habitat : Wastelands and Scrub forests
- Leaves : ovate or elliptic
- Flowers : greenish-yellow, axillary spikes
- Capsule : 3-lobed, hispid
- Seeds : globose.
How to use
- Diarrhea : Root infusion is also used in itching of skin, diarrhea and dysentery
- Hair growth : The juice from the leaves of Kodithoova applies on the scalp. This can improve hair growth and can also help to reduce dandruff
Parts used
Root and fruit
Uses
Diaphoretic and alternative properties.
Propagation & Cultivation
direct seeding, by seedlings, or by planting underground stems (rhizomes)
