A tall, perennial, sparsely pubescent, branced herb. Leaves petioled, petiole 1.5-7 cm long, upper ones with short and lower with long petioles; blade broadly deltoid, hastate or cordate, acuminate, pubescent on the veins, 7-10 x 2.5-7 cm. Ochreae 8-12 (-15) mm long, brown, tubular, truncate, membranous. Flowers secund on the long recurved branches of the inflorescence, pedicellate, white; peduncle 6-16 cm long. Perianth segments 5-partite, 2-3 mm long. Stamens 8, alternating with glands. Ovary 3-angled; styles 3. Nuts 3-angled, angles acute, ovate, 6-8 mm long, c. 5 mm broad with flat or concave surfaces.

Anodyne, anthelmintic, antiphlogistic, carminative, depurative and febrifuge (whole plant); capillary tonic, antioedemic, anti-inflammatory, antispasmodic and hypotensive (leaves)

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In the treatment of traumatic injuries, lumbago, menstrual irregularities, purulent infections, snake and insect bites (decoction); insect bites, dysmenorrhoea, inflammation, lumbago, snakebite and traumatic injuries (root); in stomach disorders (grains).