A branched herb, 60-150 cm. high. Leaves lanceolate, crenate-serrate; flowers red or scarlet, solitary or in pairs on short peduncles; capsules sub-globose, bristly; seeds 8-12, sub-globose, dotted.

Emollient (capsules); astringent, antibilious and antiphlegmonous (root)

Used for diseases of the bowels (capsules); alleviative of wind and fever (root)

Sharma PV. Classical Uses of Medicinal Plants.