Yes Nice catch Tanay On Wed, Apr 27, 2011 at 5:50 AM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote:
> *Salvia plebeia* R. Br., Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holl. 500. 1810 > > syn: *Salvia* *brachiata* Roxb. > > Annual, up to 60 cm tall, usually branched from base; covered with > glandular and eglandular hairs; leaves opposite, ovate-elliptic to oblong, > 2-6 cm long, base rounded to cuneate, margin crenate to serrate, finely > pilose; flowers small, forming up to 25 cm long panicles,; calyx about 2.6 > mm long, 2-lipped up to 1/3,; corolla pale pink to white, 2.5-4 mm long, > tube 2 mm long, pilose; nutlets brownish, mucilaginous on wetting. > > Photographed from open hill slopes in Morni hills tract on April 9, 2011. > > Local names: > Beng: kala-buradi, bhua tulasi > Punjab: Sathi, samundar sok > Mumbai: Kammar kas (seed) > Mundari: jingiba > > Mucilaginous seeds are used in menorrhagia, diarrhoea and hemorrhoids. > Mucilage also used for giving gloss to hair. > > > > > -- > Dr. Gurcharan Singh > Retired Associate Professor > SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 > Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. > Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 > http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ > > -- *Tanay Bose* Research Assistant & Teaching Assistant. Department of Botany. University of British Columbia . 3529-6270 University Blvd. Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z4 (Canada) Phone: 778-323-4036 (Mobile) 604-822-2019 (Lab) 604-822-6089 (Fax) [email protected] *Webpages:* http://www.botany.ubc.ca/people/mberbee.html http://www.botany.ubc.ca/people/gradstud.html https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/
