Plectranthus ambonicus (Lour.) Spreng.
- Family: Lamiaceae
- Vernacular names: Panikoorka, പനിക്കൂര്ക്ക (Malayalam), Indian borage (English), Karppuravalli (Sanskrit), Pathar choor (Hindi), Omavalli (Tamil)
- Distribution: Widely cultivated throughout tropics
- Description: Sub-erect herbs. Leaves ovate or suborbicular, fleshy. Flowers pale purple, shortly pedicelled, in dense thyrsoid panicle. Nutlet oblong.
- Habit: Herb
- Habitat: Grown in homesteads
- Flowering & Fruiting: January-March
- Parts used: Leaves
- Properties & Uses: Aromatic, digestive, carminative, stomachic, anthelmintic, constipating and diuretic. Leaves are used to treat anorexia, dyspepsia, flatulence, epilepsy, cough, chronic asthma, hiccough, bronchitis, indigestion and malarial fever.
- Systems of Medicines: Ayurveda, Folk,
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