Origin

Bihar and Orissa to Assam; Madhya Pradesh, Nilgiris and Anaimalais up to 900 m in wet places and river banks.

Action:

Leaves—stomachic and nervine.

Essential oil—fungitoxic.

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Origin

Jamaica

Folk medicinal uses

They are commonly made into a tea to provide a drink which is also considered valuable for indigestion and flatulence. The leaves are used either dry or fresh. In African Lippia spp. Are employed for a variety of complaints, including colds, fevers, colic, dysentery, as a laxative and tonic.

1) Khare, C.P./ Indian Medicinal Plants. -- Nueva Dheli: Springer, 2007 . - p 382.

2) Asprey, G.F; Phylis Thornton/ Medicinal plants of Jamaica. Parts I & II. – p. 29.