Biophytum sensitivum
(Linn.) DC.
Synonym Oxalis sensitiva Linn.
Family Oxalidaceae.
Habitat Throughout tropical India.
Ayurvedic Lajjaalu (var.) Vipareet Lajj aalu (non-classical), Alambushaa (Hindi commentators have equated it with Gorakh Mundi, Sphaeranthus indicus Linn., Asteraceae.)
Folk Lajoni, Jhalai, Lakajana. Action Plant—used in insomnia, convulsions, cramps, chest-complaints, inflammations, tumours, chronic skin diseases. Ash—in stomachache. Leaves— diuretic, astringent, antiseptic. Paste is applied to burns, contusions
