Stems erect, branched, 60-100 cm, pubescent. Petiole 0.2-2.5 cm; leaf blade ovate, 1.2-6 × 0.9-3 cm, herbaceous, purplish along midrib, sparsely pubescent to subglabrous, base subcordate to cuneate, margin serrate-crenate, apex acute or short acuminate to rounded. Verticillasters widely spaced; bracteoles sublinear, ciliate. Pedicel ca. 2 mm. Calyx 6-8 mm, horizontally projected, villous outside, glabrous inside, teeth of upper lip acute; lower lip almost as long as upper lip, teeth lanceolate. Corolla white or reddish, ca. 1 cm, pubescent, tube slightly exserted, upper lip emarginate, lower lip spreading. Anterior stamens included. Nutlets adaxially ribbed.

Antimicrobial

An essential oil

Heart and liver maladies, in increasing the secretion of gastric juices, for dysentery and snake bites.

Chandel et al., Biodiversity in Medicinal and Aromatic Plants in India.