Leaves : 4-8 inches long, decussate, obovate or elliptic-oblong, shortly acute, subsessile, cordate or often amplexical at the base.
Inflorescence : Umbellate cymes.
Flowers :
Large, white, not scented, peduncles arising between the petioles.
Flower-buds ovoid, angled, Calyx lobes 5, divided to the base, white, ovate; corolla broadly rotate, valvate, lobes 5, deltoid ovate, reflexed, coronate-appendages broad, obtusely 2-auricled below the rounded apex which is lower than the staminal-column.
Stamens 5, anthers short with membranous appendages, inflexed over the depressed apex of the pentagonal stigma.
Pollinium one in each cell, pendulous caudicles slender.
Carpels 2 distinct, styles 2, united to the single pentagular stigma, ovary 2-celled, ovules many.
Fruit : A pair of follicles with many, hairy seeds.
Flowering and Fruiting Time : November-April
Significance :
Common as weed in waste lands.
The root, bark and milk used in medicine for the treatment of dysentery cutaneous affections.
The leaves are applied on paralysed parts, painful joints.
