Strobilanthes AURICULATUS Nees.
| Synonym : | Perilepta auriculata (Nees) Bremek. Perilepta siamensis (C.B. Clarke) Bremek. Strobilanthes edgeworthiana Nees Strobilanthes siamensis C.B. Clarke |
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| Bangla Name : | - |
| English Name : | - |
| Family : | Acanthaceae |
| Disease : | Fever |
| Description : | Small shrub, 0.6-1.3 m high, branches spreading and often zigzag, 4-angled. Leaves sessile, elliptic-lanceolate or ovate-oblong, those of the same pair often very unequal, 7.5-25 cm long, acuminate, serrulate, pubescent on both surfaces, base auricled. Spikes 7.5-12.5 cm long, mostly terminal and solitary. Flower pale blue, 2.5 cm long. |
| Distribution : | Chittagong |
| Chemical Constituents : | - |
| Uses : | The pounded leaves are rubbed on the body during the cold stages of intermittent fever. |
| Habit : | Shrub |