Pogostemon auricularius (L.) Hassk.
| Synonym : | Dysophylla auricularia (L.) Blume Eusteralis auricularia (L.) M.R.Almeida Mentha auricularia L. Mentha foetida Burm.f. |
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| Bangla Name : | Krom Dung Pow, Krom be, Rixom payo(Marma). |
| English Name : | - |
| Family : | Lamiaceae |
| Disease : | Hysteria, diarrhoea |
| Description : | An annual hirsute or villous herb. Leaves sessile or subsessile, oblong, acute or obtuse, serrate. Spikes 5-7.5 cm long, villous, flower small pink. |
| Distribution : | Chittagong and Chittagong Hill Tracts, in fallow lands. |
| Chemical Constituents : | - |
| Uses : | Leaf juice is used as eye drops in hysteria. The extract of the plant is given with salt in diarrhoea by the Marma in Bandarban. |
| Habit : | Herb |