Family: Acanthaceae
Habit: Herb
Habitat: Semi-Evergreen forests, wastelands and deciduous forests
Distribution: India, China, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines
Flowering &
Fruiting: December-March
Key identification features: Curved Lepidagathis is a perennial, nearly erect herb,
with almost hairless stems. Flowers are white, brown spotted, borne in dense
oblong-ovoid spikes in leaf axils, or at the end of branches.
Uses: Used to stop bleeding (haemostastic), ear infections and the
treatment of anemia.
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