INDIAN HELITROPE
Common name	Indian heliotrope
Botanical Name	Heliotropium indicum L
Vernacular name	English-Indian turnsole Hindi-Haathisundha Gujarati-Haathisudhaan
Family	Boraginaceae
Class	Magnoliopsida
Parts of plant used	Aerial plant
Chemical Constituents	Pyrrolizidine alkaloids and tannin
Therapeutic uses	It is used to treat inflammations and tumours, and used as analgesic, diuretic and for numerous skin problems.