Isodon rugosus (Wall. ex Benth.) CoddFamily: Lamiaceae
Synonyms: Isodon plectranthoides Schrad. ex Benth., Lumnitzera densiflora (Roth) Spreng., Ocimum densiflorum Roth, Plectranthus rugosus Wall. ex Benth., Rabdosia rugosa (Wall. ex Benth.) H.Hara
Common name: Wrinkled Leaf Isodon
Chinese: 皱叶香茶菜
Other names: chhichhadi, chhichhari, chhichhri, chilchhri, chichri, kathal, kurkha, kuthal, pyag, solai-kaath
Description: Shrubs erect, much branched, to 1.5 m tall; branchlets slender, densely stellate tomentose. Stem leaves opposite; petiole 2-10 mm, densely tomentose; leaf blade ovate to elliptic, 1-3.5 × 0.5-1.8 cm, papery, rugose, adaxially olive green, densely stellate tomentose, abaxially gray tomentose, base broadly cuneate to rounded, margin crenulate, apex obtuse; lateral veins 4- or 5-paired, immersed adaxially, elevated abaxially. Cymes axillary, pedunculate, in stellate tomentose panicles, basal cymes long branched to 21- or more flowered, apical cymes 3-5-flowered; floral leaves slightly longer than cymes, upper ones much shorter, subsessile, ovate. Pedicel 2-3 mm. Calyx campanulate, ca. 2 mm, densely stellate tomentose outside; teeth broadly triangular, subequal, minute, ca. 1/3 as long as calyx tube; fruiting calyx slightly dilated, tubular-campanulate, slightly curved, ca. 3 mm, conspicuously 10-veined. Corolla white, tinged rose, or dark lilac on upper lip, ca. 7 mm, sparsely stellate tomentose outside, glandular, tube ca. 3 mm. Stamens included. Style included. Nutlets dark brown, triquetrous, oblong, ca. 1.5 mm, glabrous. Fl. Jul-Sep, fr. Aug-Oct.
Whole plant applied in eye disorders. Leaves decoction in fevers. Antiseptic, antimicrobial, antispasmodic, diaphoretic, stomachic, tonic, insect repellent, antidiarrheal, febrifuge and antimalarial, used in cases of urine retention. Plants used to keep off fleas. [CRC World Dictionary of Medicinal and Poisonous Plants]
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