Asteracantha.

Botanical name: 
Hygrophila auriculata

Asteracantha. Asteracantha longifolia Nees. Ik Kirit. (Fam. Acanthaceae.)—This Indian plant is said by A. Jayesingba to be an energetic hydragogue diuretic. (Ph. Z. R., Sept., 1887.)

The Dispensatory of the United States of America, 1918, was edited by Joseph P. Remington, Horatio C. Wood and others.