Local name: Assamese- Doron Bon; Bengali- Sheta Doron; Hindi- Bara Hal-Kus
Scientific name: Leucas aspera (Willd.) Link
Family: Lamiaceae
Botanical description: It is an erect diffused much branched hairy or hispid, aromatic herb. Plant is 30 - 50 cm tall. Stem stout, hispid, quadringular; leaves subsessile or short petioled, linear, narrowly oblong or oblong lanceolate, entire or distinctly crenate, narrowed at the base; flowers white, sessile in terminal and axillary, very dense whorls; nutlets smooth, oblong, brown.
Reproduction: Reproduce by seed. Most parts of the year flowering and fruiting is observed. It is very common herbs grow along with rice, maize, vegetables, flower gardens, orchards, roadside, etc.
Uses: Plant is used as medicine for the treatment of various diseases. Plant juice is used to treat sinusitis; tender leaves and young shoots are used as vegetables.
Reference: Islam, M. (1996), In weeds of Northeast India, pp.192.
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