Leaves and stems - Specimen details

Leaves and stems - Specimen details

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Catalogue Number: 48886

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Plant Name 112.01 BORAGINACEAE Heliotropium indicum Entry Book Number
Artefact Name Leaves and stems Vernacular Name
Iso Country India TDWG Region India
Parts Held Leaves and stems Geography Description Maharashtra, Asia-Tropical, India, Bombay
Uses Leaves and stemsUse: User: Not defined TDWG use
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Notes: Label source: An annual plant, one to two feet high, common in ditches in Bombay; it seems to like a rich soil. The whole plant is more or less covered with simple hairs, stems several, as thick as the little finger, common, branched from the axils of th, e leaves, leaves generally alternate, cordate, ovate, rugose, long petioled; petioles margined; spikes terminal, solitary, simple; flowers like those of Heliotrope, but smaller; fruit mitre shaped; the plant has a fetid odour like stramonium; taste a litt, le bitter. It is used as a local application to boils, sores, and the stings of insects. Dymock. Pharm. Journ.
Determinations:112.01 BORAGINACEAE Heliotropium indicum L.
    999.99 FAMILY UNKNOWN Tiaridium indicum

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