Pouzolzia (Thuốc Bướm)
Pouzolzia zeylanica
About Pouzolzia (Thuốc Bướm)
Pouzolzia (Thuốc Bướm) (Pouzolzia zeylanica) is a herb used in the Vietnamese Traditional Medicine tradition to help with Wound Healing, Skin Health, Fever, and Cough. The aerial parts and leaves are the parts traditionally used, used both internally and topically.
Botanical background
Pouzolzia zeylanica, commonly known as graceful Pouzolz's bush or Ceylon pouzolzia, is a perennial herb native to Tropical and Subtropical Asia and Northern Australia. This species, which grows primarily in seasonally dry tropical biomes, reaches a height of 12-40 cm and is characterized by its pale green flowers arranged in loose, hairy clusters in the leaf axils. The plant features lance-shaped to rhomboid-ovate leaves that can be opposite or rarely alternate, and its rootstock is often...
Source: Wikipedia, via iNaturalist