Leucas LAVANDULIFOLIA Sm.
| Synonym : | Hetrepta lavandulifolia (Sm.) Raf. Leonurus indicus L. Leucas linifolia (Roth) Spreng. Phlomis linifolia Roth |
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| Bangla Name : | Chhoto Halkusha, Gaochia, Donkolos, Droton, Dronpuspi. ,Pai Sung Sa, Pai Tung Sa (Marma), Sasaneo (Bwam). |
| English Name : | - |
| Family : | Lamiaceae |
| Disease : | Vermifuge, febrifuge, headaches, cough, scabies, cold, sores and wounds. |
| Description : | An annual erect herb, 35-75 cm high, pubescent or tomentose. Leaves 4.5-9 cm, linear-lanceolate, obtuse, entire or remotely serrate. Flowers subsessile, in axillary and terminal whorls, 1.3-2 cm diam., corolla white, about 1.3 cm long. |
| Distribution : | Dhaka, Comilla, Chittagong, Chittagong Hill Tracts, Noakhali, Rajshahi and Sylhet in fallow lands. |
| Chemical Constituents : | An isopimarane rhamnoglucoside, linifolioside, have been isolated from this plant (Ghani, 2003). |
| Uses : | The plant is vermifuge. Leaves are roasted and eaten with salt as a febrifuge and to restore appetite. Juice employed in headaches, cough, scabies and cold. Leaves mixed with salt and kerosene is useful as poultice in sores and wounds. The methanol ext |
| Habit : | Herb |