Dronapushpi (Big Leucas)

Leucas cephalotes is a flowering annual herb of the mint family found across Asia from China to the Indian subcontinent. It is a common weed of fields and sprouts in the rainy season, bearing dense round heads of small white flowers above leafy bracts.

Known as Dronapushpi and Guma, it is used in Ayurvedic and folk practice in traditional preparations that support the respiratory system, and the young leaves are cooked as a vegetable. The whole plant is used.