ABSTRACT
Eclipta alba (L.) Hassk. (Asteraceae) grows commonly in moist areas as a weed all over the world. In many parts of India, it is grown commercially as a medicinal crop. It is an annual, erect or prostate entirely pubescent herb, often rooting at nodes with opposite, sessile, usually oblong, 2.5-7.5 cm long leaves with appressed hairs. Floral heads 6-8 mm in diameter, solitary, white; achene compressed and narrowly winged. The aerial parts of the plant are used in medicine.
