Justicia gendarussa

Family: ACANTHACEAE

Malayalam Name(s):  Vathakodi, Vathamkolli

English name(s): Daun Rusa, Gandarusa, Warer willow

Habit: Shrub

Flowering & Fruiting: January-April

Medicinal: Yes

Habitat: Moist deciduous forests, also in the plains

Description: Shrubs, branches dark purple, terete, smooth. Leaves 7-10 x 2 cm, linear or oblong-lanceolate, apex acute or obtuse, base acute, chartaceous, glabrous, lateral nerves 5-7 pairs, bluish; petiole 2-3 mm long. Spikes terminal, to 8 cm long, narrow; bracts linear, 4 mm long. Flowers white; calyx lobes linear-lanceolate, 5 mm long; corolla white with purple streaks, 1.5 cm long; ovary and style puberulus. Capsule 12 mm long, glabrous.

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