Elsholtzia stachyodes (Link) Raizada & H.O.Saxena
| Synonym : | Aphanochilus paniculatus Benth. Elsholtzia incisa Benth. Hyptis stachyodes Link Mentha blanda DC. Nepeta imobus Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don Perilla leptostachya D.Don |
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| Bangla Name : | Jhaiescolz (B), Choto Oing-ching (Tanchangya). |
| English Name : | Elsholtzia (E). |
| Family : | Lamiaceae |
| Disease : | Pain |
| Description : | A tender, erect, annual, aromatic herb, up to 1 m high, branches 4-gonous. Leaves 2.5-5 cm, broadly ovate, obtuse, coarsely crenate-toothed. Flowers small, purplish-blue, in a panicled spike. Nutlets ellipsoid. |
| Distribution : | Culivated in Jhum in Chittagong Hill Tracts. |
| Chemical Constituents : | - |
| Uses : | Decoction of the plant is used as a rub for body pain by the tribal in Bandarban. |
| Habit : | Herb |