Eclipta prostrata (L.) L.
- Family: Asteraceae
- Vernacular names: Kanjunni, Kaithonni Kayyunni, കഞുണ്ണി,കൈതോന്നി, കയ്യുണ്ണി (Malayalam), Trailing eclipta (English), Bhringaraja (Sanskrit), Babri (Hindi), Garuga (Tamil)
- Distribution: Pantropical
- Description: Herbs, caespitose; stems terete, appressed strigose. Leaves simple, opposite, acute or subacuminate at apex, cuneate at base, entire, densely strigose, sessile or subsessile. Heads 4-5 mm across. Flower white. Achenes yellowish, oblong-turbinate, hairy at apex; pappus forming a cone at the apex.
- Habit: Herb
- Habitat: Paddy fields and moist localities
- Flowering & Fruiting: Throughout the year
- Parts used: Whole plant
- Properties & Uses: The plant is useful for expelling intestinal worms, curing cough, asthma, night blindness, eye diseases, head-ache and diseases pertaining to hair and its growth. The whole plant is used to heal cuts and wounds.
- Systems of Medicines: Ayurveda, Folk,
- Traditional Uses:The juice of whole plant is applied on fresh cuts and wounds for speedy healing.
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