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)