Cyanotis axillaris (L.) D.Don ex Sweet
Family – Commelinaceae
Common name – Godhuli (Odia)
Habit – Herb
Habitat – Abundant in wet places, rice fields, along ponds, lakes & canals.
Medicinal uses –
🍁 In India, roots and tubers used for fever and worms. Warm leaf juice used as ear drops to relieve eardrum inflammation.
🍁It is used to treat abscesses, fever, worms and ear drum infection.
Sugimani Marndi
(Biodiversity and Conservation lab., Ambika Prasad Research Foundation, Bhubaneswar, Odisha)