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Wednesday, April 18, 2018

Heliotropium indicum /Ath honda



















Botanical name: Heliotropium indicum 

Family : BORAGINACEAE 
Names in different languages
   Sinhala: Ath honda 
   English : Indian Heliotrope, Indian turnsole 
   Tamil : Tetkotukki , தேட்கொடுக்கி 
   Sanskrit: : Vrscikali, Hastishundi, वृश्चिकली 
Distribution: Sri Lanka, India, South America, Myanmar, Africa, China, Malaysia, S. Argentina, Paraguay, Brazil, Bolivia, Peru. 
Habit: Habit Annual/Perennial 
Status
Edible parts: None 
Ayurvedicusage: 
Treatment for: , , Paralysis, Epilepsy, Convulsions, Skin diseases, Diarrhoea, Dysentery, Tumours, Cancers, Venerearl diseases, Arthritis , Rheumatism, Eye diseases, Naso- pharyngeal disease. 
Parts
Propagation: Seeds

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