| MORPHOLOGY |
Leaves are undivided (simple), broadly ovate to suborbicular with a tapering tip (ovate) and very thick; they are pubescent (thickly studded with hairs), with the lower surface possessing the most numerous glandular hairs, giving a frosted appearance Flowers are on a short stem, pale purplish in dense whorls at distant intervals in a long slender raceme. Flowers have a bell-shaped calyx and the throat is smooth inside with two lips, the upper lip being ovate and thin, the lower lip having four narrow teeth. The corolla is pale purplish and five times longer than the calyx, with a short tube, inflatedthroat and short lips
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| MEDICINAL PROPERTIES |
ul {margin: 0;}- Effective in wound healing.
- Treatment of common diseases such as cephalgia, otalgia, anorexia, dyspepsia bloating, colic, diarrhea, cholera, gums, seizures, asthma, cough, chronic bronchitis, kidney calculi, vesicle calculi, hiccough, strangury, hepatopathy, fever, and malaria.
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- Used for the treatment of mouth corner cracks.
- It has antimicrobial activity, antifungal, antibacterial activity.
- It is used in the treatment of stings of bugs to other skin diseases.
- It has anti-inflammatory and antidiabetic activity.
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