Micromeria biflora (Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don) Benth.Family: Lamiaceae
Synonyms: Clinopodium biflorum (Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don) Kuntze, Micromeria biflora var. indica Elly Walther & K.H.Walther, Satureja biflora (Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don) Briq., Thymus biflorus Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don
Common names: Indian Wild Thyme, Lemon Savory
Chinese: 小姜草
Hindi: बन अजवाइन Ban Ajwain
Nepali: पिनासे झार Pinaase Jhaar
Description: Subshrubs tufted, aromatic. Stems numerous, ascending, to 30 cm, subterete, slender, densely ± patent white pilose and pubescent, red-purple. Petiole 0.1-0.5 mm; leaf blade ovate, 4-5 × 2.5-3 mm, conspicuously golden yellow glandular, sparsely puberulent on midrib, base rounded to shallowly cordate, margin flat or recurved, entire, apex acute. Verticillasters 1- or 2(-5)-flowered, pedunculate; peduncle 1-2 mm; bracts and bracteoles subequal, linear-subulate, ca. 1.5 mm, ciliate. Pedicel 2-3 mm, secund, red. Calyx short tubular, 2-lipped, to 4 mm, veins puberulent, throat pilose, 13-veined, ciliate; posterior teeth narrowly triangular, ca. 1.5 mm, apex long acuminate; anterior teeth subulate, ca. 2 mm, apex spinescent. Corolla rose, ca. 6 mm, sparsely puberulent, tube ca. 4 mm; upper lip elliptic, ca. 2 mm; lower lip ca. 2.5 mm, lobes subequal or middle larger. Anterior stamens nearly included. Ovary yellow-brown, glabrous. Nutlets brown, oblong, ca. 1 mm, glabrous. Fl. Jun-Jul, fr. Jul-Aug
Paste of the roots antiseptic, for infections, boils. Leaves juice aromatic and carminative, in stomachache. Veterinary medicine, plant paste used in worm-infested wounds in cattle. [CRC World Dictionary of Medicinal and Poisonous Plants]
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