Stachytarpheta jamaicensis (L.) Vahl Family : Verbenaceae Common name : Blue porterweed, Jalajali (Odia). Habit : Shrub Habitat : Usually on sea beaches and damp areas.
Stachytarpheta jamaicensis (L.) Vahl Family : Verbenaceae Common name : Blue porterweed, Jalajali (Odia). Habit : Shrub Habitat : Usually on sea beaches and damp areas. Medicinal uses - 🍁An infusion of leaf is used to treat high blood pressure. 🍁The juice of the leaves is used for treating colic, pain of dysentery and earache. 🍁The leaves are used externally as a resolutive cataplasm and for treating skins burns. Sugimani Marndi (Biodiversity and Conservation lab., Ambika Prasad Research Foundation, Bhubaneswar, Odisha) www.aprf.co.in
