Nongmangkha
Botanical name: Phlogacanthus thyrsiformis
Family: Acanthaceae (Barleria
family)
Synonyms: Phlogacanthus thyrsiflorus, Justicia thyrsiformis, Justicia thyrsiflora
Synonyms: Phlogacanthus thyrsiflorus, Justicia thyrsiformis, Justicia thyrsiflora
Description
of the Plant:
An evergreen shrub up to 2.4 m high, branchlets quadrangular. Leaves 13-35 cm
long, oblanceolate, elliptic-oblong, acute or acuminate, entire. Flowers in
terminal elongated, thyrsoid panicles, up to 30 cm long; corolla tubular,
curved, orange or brick red villous. Capsule 3.8 cm long, linear-clavate.
Uses:
Local people prefer this plant to Justicia adhatoda.
Medicinal uses are more or less like those of adhatoda. Inflorescence is
antidote to pox; prevents skin diseases like sore, scabies etc.
*Fruits and leaves are taken after roasting as a
specific for fever, cold and as expectorant.
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