Plectranthus Amboinicus
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Scientific name
Plectranthus ambonicus
English Name
Plectranthus Amboinicus
Malayalam name
പനിക്കൂര്ക്ക
Common name
Indian borage
Description
- Habit : Herb
- Habitat : Grown as homesteads
- Leaves : ovate or suborbicular
- Flowers : pale purple
- Nutlet : oblong
How to use
- Colds in adults: Take a mixture of leaf extract, honey, and lemon juice twice a day to relieve a cough.
- The leaves can be put on the head by frying them in oil and then putting the mixture on the head to relieve throat pain and fever.
Parts used
Leaves
Uses
Aromatic, digestive, carminative, stomachic, anthelmintic, constipating and diuretic.
Propagation & Cultivation
It is found through out the tropics and cultivated in homestead gardens.This plant is easily propagated from cuttings
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