Family: Acanthaceae
Habit: Shrub
Habitat: Semi-evergreen and moist deciduous forests and sacred
groves
Distribution:
Peninsular India and Sri Lanka
Flowering and Fruiting: January
Key identification features: Subshrubs,
stem jointed, pubescent. Leaves opposite, broadly elliptic, dark green;
Inflorescence terminal or axillary, dense panicle of spikes; Corolla blue; Capsules
oblong; seeds 4, compressed, hygroscopically hairy.
Uses: Antibacterial,
antifungal, and anti-inflammatory agent
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