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Leonurus cardiaca L.
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- Local Name:
- Sherduma.
- Synonym:
- Habit & Habitat:
- A perennial leafy herb, found in sub-alpine and alpine zones.
- Plant Description:
- Stem quadrangular. Leaves simple, ovate to lanceolate, green above, paler beneath, with 3-7 deep or shallow toothed, triangular lobes.Upper leaves 3-lobed. Inflorescence composed of numerous verticillasters. Flower zygomorphic, sessile, pinkish, mauve or white. Calyx with 5 spreading awl-shaped spine-tipped teeth. Corolla 2-lipped, hairy. Fruit is composed of nutlets which separate on ripening, pale brown.
- Flowering and Fruiting:
- June-October.
- Harvesting Time:
- July- October.
- Medicinal Value:
- It is used for cardiovascular system as a heart tonic. [5] It reduces muscles spasms, regulates blood pressure, rapid heart beat and tones the heart, also useful in menstrual irregularities.[9][13]
- Part Used:
- Flower and leaf.
- Occurrence:
- Uncommon.
- Future Perspective:
- Conservation, Cultivation, Chemical Analysis, Herbal Pharmacy, Allopathic Pharmacy.
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