Chiretta plant

MEDICINAL PROPERTIES
Chiretta plant is easily grown and considered an annual or biennial bush. It will grow in sun or partial shade to a height of 18-inches to over four-feet. An erect shrub, Andrographis is green with sparse lanceolate leaves up to five-inches long on green stems. The leaves are scentless. The shrub’s small flowers are tubular shaped, white in colour with pale violet streaks. Seeds are known to drop quickly if not harvested. The whole plant has a bitter taste due to the pungent diterpenoid lactones, hence the name “King of Bitters” in some places.