Nigeria's medicinal plants: Heliotropium indicum (Agogo Igun)
Punch Newspapers Sections Heliotropium indicum Linn belongs to the family Boraginaceae. It is a robust annual 1-3 ft. high with small lilac, sometimes white flowers in long dense curled spikes. It occurs as a common weed of waste places near dwellings or abandoned areas. Sometimes last year, my father shared a story about this plant with me. He said a friend of his, who is a veterinary doctor, brought the plant to him for identification one day. The doctor gave injections to his animals for a long time and the rashes on their bodies refused to go. One day, the doctor visited one of his clien...
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