Heliotropium indicum , Indian Heliotrope, Indian turnsole

Heliotropium indicum 

 Common names:

 Indian Heliotrope,

 Indian turnsole

 Boraginaceae , a herb found in all tropical world. Flowers are born in a long tapering cluster at branch-ends, tip coiled. The plant has been widely used for centuries to treat warts, inflammations and tumours. Throughout tropical Africa it is used as an analgesic to ease rheumatic pain, as a diuretic and to treat numerous skin problems including yaws, urticaria, scabies, ulcers, eczema and impetigo. Throughout the Continent, there is a wide variation in the plant parts that are used, and also in methods of preparation and administration. Chidambaram, 

Surendra Parihar