Leucas aspera (Willd.) Link
- Family: Lamiaceae
- Vernacular names: Thumba, Chiruthumba, തുമ്പ, ചിരുത്തുമ്പ (Malayalam), Leucas (English), Dronapushpi (Sanskrit), Tumbai (Tamil)
- Distribution: Indo-Malesia
- Description: Herbs. Leaves sub-sessile, linear-lanceolate. Flowers white, small, in dense terminal or axillary whorls. Fruits nutlets, oblong.
- Habit: Herb
- Habitat: Deciduous forests and wastelands
- Flowering & Fruiting: September-January
- Parts used: Leaves and flowers
- Properties & Uses: Carminative, digestive, anthelmintic, anti-pyretic, anti-inflammatory and expectorant. Leaves and flowers are used for the treatment of colic, cough, asthma, chronic skin diseases, fever, ulcers, verminosis and catarrh in children. Juice of leaves are used as an eye drop in encephalopathy due to worm infestation in children.
- Systems of Medicines: Ayurveda, Folk, Unani, Homeo,
- Traditional Uses:Fresh leaves are pounded into paste and applied on forehead to relieve headache.
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