Description
It is a robust, erect, annual herb. it is a source of the ayurvedic drug, Kokilaaksha and the Unani drug, Talimakhana.
It is a robust, erect, annual herb fascicled, with many roots at the base of the stem, It is 50 to 60 cm. The stems are sub-quadrangular with thickened nodes. The leaves are simple, opposite, subsessile, with a yellow spine in its axil.
The flowers are pale, purple-blue, sessile, mostly in axillary whorls- densely clustered. Fruits are oblong, glabrous capsules. Seeds seem like the eye of a cuckoo.Plant Specifications
*above specification are indicative only. actual dimensions may vary by +-10%
Asteracantha longifolia care