Blue Porterweed PRODUCT NAME
Stachytarpheta jamaicensis Linn. SCIENTIFIC NAME
| Common Name: | Blue Porterweed |
| Local Name: | Renai waal (Irula); Sindi geda (Kurumba); Tamil-Seemainaayuruvi; English- Brazilian tea |
| Family: | Verbenaceae |
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| Product Description: | This is an erect, branched, half-woody plant, which grows from 1 to 1.5 meters in height. The stems are terete, or the younger ones slightly angled. The leaves are elliptic to oblong-ovate and 2.5 to 10 centimeters long, with pointed tip, the base decurrent on the petiole, and toothed margins. The spikes are terminal, rather slender, 10 to 30 centimeters long, 3 to 4 millimeters thick, green, and continuous. The calyx is small, oblique, and 4-toothed. The corolla is deep blue, and about 1 centimeter long. The fruit is enclosed in the calyx, closely appressed to and somewhat sunk in the rachis, smooth, oblong, and about 4 millimeters long |
| NTFP Classification: | Medicinal, aromatics and cosmetics, Ornamental plants |
DISTRIBUTION
| Countries Found: | India |
| Description: | Plains (stream banks, fallow fields etc.) weed in cultivation areas, distributed lands. Upto 1400m. |
USES AND PARTS USED
| Parts Used: | other |
| Uses: | Plant used to make medicinal preparations for treatment of asthma and bronchial disorders in children |
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| Partners: | Keystone Foundation |
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| External Links: | http://hort.ufl.edu/shrubs/STAJAMA.PDF http://www.bpi.da.gov.ph/Publications/mp/pdf/k/kandikandilaan.pdf |
