| Synonym : | A. ovata R. Br.
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| Bangla Name : | Gobura.,Dharboaring-shing (Chakma), Lan Da Jang, Tha Si (Marma). |
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| English Name : | - |
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| Family : | Lamiaceae |
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| Disease : | Carminative, astringent, tonic, animal dysentery, sores, ulcers, fever and whooping cough. |
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| Description : | A suffruticose, hirsute, pubescent or tomentose shrubby annual, 1-1.5 m high. Leaves aromatic, 2.5-7.5 cm long, ovate, acute, crenate-serrate, softly pubescent. Flowers purple in dense whorls in axillary or terminal spickes. |
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| Distribution : | More or less throughout the country in fallow lands. |
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| Chemical Constituents : | The plant contains an essential oil and an alkaloid. Leaves contain mono-, di- and triterpenes, steroids, flavonoids, ovatodiolide and its isoderivatives. Roots contain sterols, stigmasterol, ?-sitosterol, paraffins and fatty acids (Ghani, 2003, Asolkar e |
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| Uses : | The plant has carminative, astringent and tonic properties, used for uterine infection by the tribal in Khagrachari. Decoction of the plant is used in animal dysentery. Crushed leaves applied to neck of bullock to cure inflammation caused by cart pulling. |
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| Habit : | Shrub |
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