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Catalogue Number: 46118

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Plant Name 126.01 LABIATAE Nepeta hindostana Entry Book Number
Artefact Name Vernacular Name
Iso Country Pakistan TDWG Region Pakistan
Parts Held Geography Description Lahore
Uses Use: MEDICINES - Nervous System Disorders User: Man TDWG use MEDICINES - Nervous System Disorders
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Donor India Museum Donor No 177
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Notes: Label source: Calyx striated, hairy, 5-fid; not so long as that of Zoofai Yabis, and not coloured; seeds four, naked and brown, 3 angled, nearly smooth, a white patch on each side of the hilum; flowers in axillary clusters of about six, upon a short pedu, ncle; leaves ovate, margin deeply dentate, somewhat hairy. The drug is always much broken, and consists chiefly of stem and fruit; the former is quadrangular, much larger than that of zoofai, of purplish tint. Taste bitter, odour faintly aromatic; prope, rties stimulant and deobstruent. Imported from Persia. By some attributed to Napeta ruderalis, but I do not know upon what authority (Dr Dymock) Originally Nepeta ruderalis Buch.-Ham.
Determinations:126.01 LABIATAE Nepeta hindostana
    126.01 LABIATAE Nepeta ruderalis Buch.-Ham.

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