Leucas aspera

Common Leucas
Leucas aspera
Information sources
http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Lemon.h
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http://siddham.in/topic/leucas-aspera
http://ayurvedicmedicinalplants.com/plants/2258.html
Photography Locations
CII-Godrej GBC, Hyderabad
http://www.howtogetridofstuff.com/health/how-toget-rid-of-nasal-congestion/
https://www.opengrow.com/topic/41952-hash-oilcrystals-85-thc/
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Common Leucas
Leucas aspera
™ Distribution: Throughout
India
™ Family:
Lamiaceae/Labiatae
™ Height: 60cm
™ Leaf Shape: Linear Lanceolate
™ Annual herb
Leucas aspera is considered
as a of Indian Industry
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precious plant for its medicinal value
Common leucas
Leucas aspera
™ Hindi: छोटा ह कसा
Chhota
ु
halkusa, गॊफा Gophaa
™ Malayalam:Tumba
™ Tamil:
ம்ைப Thumbai
™ Telugu: Tummachettu
™ Manipuri: Champra
™ Marathi: Tamba
™ Kannada: Tumbe guda
™ Bengali: Ghal ghase
™ Sanskrit: द्रोणपु पी
Dronapushpi
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Common Leucas
Leucas aspera
Leucas (LOO-kus)
aspera (AS-per-uh)
Family name Labiatae is given because the flowers
typically have petals fused into an upper lip and a lower
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lip
Small erect, much branched annual herb
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Common Leucas
Leucas aspera
Leaves are linear-lanceolate, obtuse and entire
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Common Leucas
Leucas aspera
Flower white, in dense axillary whorls
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Common Leucas
Leucas aspera
Medicinal Uses
™
Steam of the crushed roots is
used for inhalation in
conditions like
™
¾
Nasal congestion
¾
cough
¾
cold
¾
fever
¾
Headache
Juice of leaves is used as nasal
drops for snake bites
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Common Leucas
Leucas aspera
Thank you
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Common Leucas
Leucas aspera