Orthosiphon Aristatus -Medicinal Plant

Description and Ethnobotany
Perennial herb up to 1 m tall. Dark green, smooth leaves are lighter green on the bottom with a toothed leaf margin (5 cm long, 2.5 cm wide). Purplish stems are 4-sided and smooth. White, 2-lipped flowers are hairy with 5 cm-long, whisker-like stamens (male part producing the pollen).

In the genus Orthosiphon (Lamiaceae), Orthosiphon aristatus, Orthosiphon pallidus, Orthosiphon thymiflorus, Orthosiphon stamineus are widely used in traditional medicine to prevent different diseases such as diabetes, kidney stone, edema, rheumatism, hepatitis, hypertensive and jaundice.