Kulekharha, Talmakhna (Beng.), Star thorn(Eng.).

Hygrophila auriculata is an annual herb or under shrub, it grows to a height of about 60 cms. Generally the plant is found on wet places. Their stem is square and thickened at nodes and hairy. The bark is dark brown. Their leaves are elliptic-lanceolate, hispid and sessile. The flowers are bluish purple. Their capsules are 1 cm. long, linear oblong, pointed glabrous, and about 8 seeded. The seeds are dark brown, hairy and spherical.
In Ayurveda the leaves, seeds and the roots are used for treatment of rheumatism, urinary tract infection, inflammation, jaundice, hepatic obstruction, pain, etc.
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Scrophulariales
Family: Acanthaceae
Common name: Kulekharha, Talmakhna (Beng.); star thorn(Eng.).
Life cycle: Annual
Native Range: It is native to India
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