Trichodesma indicum

Erect, spreading, branched, annual herb, about 50 centimeters in height, with hairs springing from tubercles. The leaves are stalkless, opposite, lance-shaped, 2-8 cm long, pointed at the tip, and heart-shaped at the base. The flowers occur singly in the axils of the leaves.

The sepal tube is green, hairy, and 1 to 13 centimeters long, with pointed sepals. The flower tube is pale blue, with the limb about 1.5 centimeters in diameter, and the petals pointed. The fruit is ellipsoid and is enclosed by the calyx. The nutlets are about 5 millimeters long and rough on the inner surface. It is found throughout India, on roadsides and stony dry wastelands, up to 1,500 m. Anti-dysenteric Relieving or preventing dysentery.Anti-inflammatory: Reducing inflammation by acting on body mechanisms.Carminative: Preventing the formation or causing the expulsion of flatulence.