Stachytarpheta jamaicensis (L.) Vahl

Family : Verbenaceae

Common name : Blue porterweed, Jalajali (Odia).

Habit : Shrub

Habitat : Usually on sea beaches and damp areas.

Medicinal uses - 

🍁An infusion of leaf is used to treat high blood pressure.

🍁The juice of the leaves is used for treating colic, pain of dysentery and earache.

🍁The leaves are used externally as a resolutive cataplasm and for treating skins burns.

Sugimani Marndi

(Biodiversity and Conservation lab., Ambika Prasad Research Foundation, Bhubaneswar, Odisha)