Botanical Name : Blepharis edulis / Blepharis persica
Sanskrit name : Sunishannaka, Uttagana
English Name: Rohida Tree
Family:    ACANTHACEAE          

Part Used: Seeds         

Description of Blepharis edulis :

Blepharis edulis is a small, grey-pubescent or nearly glabrous perennial herb found in the Thar desert and in Africa.

The stem is rigid and leaves are four in each node. The flowers are blue, in strobilate inflorescence. The capsules are 2-seeded. Blepharin was identified from the seeds. The seeds are considered aphrodisiac, and are also resolvent and diuretic.

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