Veronica abyssinica is an annual, prostrate herb, with trailing or ascending stems, branching from or near base, often rooting at nodes, more or less densely covered  with long white hars.eaves opposite broadly ovate to ovate- elliptic.5-4.5 cm long usually shallowly cordate at base, margin shallowly to coarsely crenate-serrate; petiole 0.4-2 cm long. Inflorescence in 2-7 flowered axillary racemes 1-7.5 cm, long; pedicels (2)6-10 (15) mm long, slender, calyx 3.5-4.75 mm long lobes oblong to spatulate-oblong.

Veronica abyssinica is traditionally used to treat malaria, as well as gastrointestinal parasites. Roasted and powdered the bark is used to treat external skin conditions, such burns, ulcers and swelling. People  take Veronica for problem with the lungs (respiratory tract)  stomach and intestines ( gastrointestinal trct, and bladder and kdney, urnary tract.