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Heliotropium indicum

Heliotropium indicum L.


Family Boraginaceae
Local Name Trompa ng elepante (Tagalog); Pengnga-pengnga; Pingnga-pingnga (Ilokano)
Habit Herb
Habitat Dryland field crops, plantation crops and vegetation
Special Notes Inflorescences usually terminal; Branched hairy plant with broad, coarse-textured leaves
Ethnobotanical Uses MEDICINAL: used for medicinal purposes;
Collected from Nangalisan, Tuba, Benguet, Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR).
Collector(s) Joey S. Lucas
Identification Verified By Maria Karina Fullante-(n/a)-(Heliotropium indicum L.)-(APNI)

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