Leucas aspera - Common Leucas

❏ Binomial Name : Leucas aspera (Willd.) Link.

❏ Synonym : Leucas dimidiata,Leucas obliqua,Phlomis esculenta

❏ Family : Lamiaceae

❏ Common Name : Common Leucas, Thumba

❏ Tamil Name : Thumbai

❏ Hindi Name : Gopha

❏ IUCN status: Not Evaluated

Leucas aspera Botanical Description

Erect hirsute herbs to 40 cm tall. Leaves 3-8 x 1-2 cm, linear-lanceolate, base cuneate, margin distantly serrate, apex acute, puberulous, petiole c. 3 mm long. Verticils terminal and axillary; bract linear, equalling calyx, hirsute. Calyx c. 6 mm long, tubular, 10-ribbed, upper half strigose without, glabrous below; mouth oblique, 10-toothed; teeth unequal, posterior the longer, linear, c.1 mm long. Corolla white; tube c. 6 mm long; Upper lip c. 3 mm long, villous without; lower lip 7-8 mm long. Stamens 4; style c. 8 mm long. Fl. &Fr.: September-January.

Leucas aspera Medicinal uses

❀ Leaves and flower buds are consumed as vegetable

❀ Eating the plant (as a pot herb) is believed to increase resistance to disease

❀ The leaf sap is used to treat sores of the eyes and nose

❀ The bruised leaves are considered to be active against bites of poisonous insects and snakes

❀ The crushed plant is applied hot as a poultice on to wounds, sores.

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