Strobilanthes AURICULATUS Nees.


Synonym : Perilepta auriculata (Nees) Bremek.
Perilepta siamensis (C.B. Clarke) Bremek.
Strobilanthes edgeworthiana Nees
Strobilanthes siamensis C.B. Clarke
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