*Helitropium indicum
*Family :Boraginaceae
*Location: Khalilabad in Sant Kabir Nagar Uttar Pradesh India
hee-lee-oh-TROH-pee-um -- from the Greek helios (sun) and trope (turning)
IN-dih-kum or in-DEE-kum -- of or from India ... Dave's Botanary
commonly known as: erysipelas plant, Indian heliotrope, Indian turnsole, scorpion weed, wild clary • Bengali: হাতিসুর hatisura • Gujarati: હાથી સૂંઢરા hathi-sundhara • Hindi: हाथाजोड़ी hathajori • Kannada: ಚೆಳುಬಾಲದ ಗಿಡ chelubalada gida, ಚೆಳುಮಣಿ ಗಿಡ chelumani gida • Konkani: ajeru • Malayalam: തേക്കട thekkada • Manipuri: leihenbi • Marathi: भुरुंडी bhurundi • Nepalese: हात्ति सुंडे झार hatti sunde jhar • Oriya: hati-sand •
Tribals have been reported to be widely used as anti-abortificent in women with habitual miscarriages, to treat anemia of pregnancy , skin disorders such as ring worm or bites and I have seen urban poor use the leaf juice on swelling from insect bites.
Heliotropium indicum L. (family: Boraginaceae; Figure 1), locally known as “Hatisur” is derived from the Greek words “helios” meaning “sun” and “tropein” meaning “to turn,” indicating that the flowers and leaves turn toward the sun and known as the “Indian turnsole”
H. indicum is a small annual or perennial herb with a height of about 15–50 cm in length, with the leaves always opposite, and the stem and root covered by a hairy layer [7]. Flowering time is around the whole year, and flowers are calyx green; the fruits are dried and consist of 2–4 free or almost free nutlets in 4–5 mm long
Ethnopharmacology is the study of medicinal plant use in specific cultural groups or the study of differences in response to drugs in different cultures [23]. About 90% of native people depend on the natural products of plant origin to treat several diseases
By Shivam Maddhesiya
