Scientific name: Lindernia rotundifolia (L.) Alston
Family: Scrophulariaceae
Synonym: Gratiola rotundifolia L.
Bengali/Vernacular name: Tan chapra.
English name: Baby’s tears.
Description of the plant: A small, annual herb, up to 30 cm high. Leaves sessile, 5-18 mm long, broadly ovate, base truncate, apex obtuse, glabrous on both surfaces. Flowers solitary in leaf axils, bluish-white. Capsules ovoid-globose.
Plant parts used: Leaf.
Ethnomedicinal uses: A paste is made with leaves of the plant is applied on the boils once a day for seven days to treat boils.
Paste prepared from leaves of the plant is applied on the forehead twice a day for two days to treat headache.
Distribution: The species occurs commonly throughout the country.
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