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Pogostemon purpurascens is a small, erect, branched herb in the mint family (Lamiaceae), native to the Western Ghats and parts of the Himalaya and Assam. It is grown mainly for traditional medicinal and cosmetic uses rather than as an ornamental.
Pogostemon purpurascens is a small herbaceous, flowering plant found in the Western Ghats in South India. It is in the mint family, Lamiaceae.
It is used as an anti-haemorrhagic (sometimes as a styptic) and antidote to stimulate scorpion stings and snake bites. It is also used to clean wounds.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Pogostemon purpurascens by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
