Crossandra infundibuliformis - Firecracker flower

❏ Binomial Name : Crossandra infundibuliformis (L.) Nees.

❏ Synonym : Justicia infundibuliformis,Crossandra undulaefolia

❏ Family : Acanthaceae

❏ Common Name : Firecracker flower

❏ Tamil Name : Kanagaambaram

❏ Hindi Name : Priyadarsha

❏ IUCN status: Not Evaluated

Crossandra infundibuliformis Botanical Description

Subshrubs. Leaves 6-9 x 2-4 cm, elliptic, acute at both ends, usually crowded towards the apex; petiole to 4 cm long. Spike terminal or rarely axillary, dense, to 7 cm long; peduncle 5-10 cm long; bracts in 4 rows, 15 x 5 mm, lanceolate; bracteoles 15 x 3 mm, linear, acuminate, pubescent. Flowers many, densely packed; calyx lobes 5, unequal, to 9 mm long, glandular-hairy, outer one sometimes 2-fid at apex; corolla creamy orange, tube 2.5 cm long, narrow, lobes 5, subequal, 1 cm long, oblong, spreading; stamens 4, inserted at the middle of corolla tube, included, filaments unequal, anthers bearded; ovary oblong, 4-ovuled, style narrow, stigma fimbriate. Capsule 10 x 5 mm, oblong; seeds 4, orbicular. Fl. &Fr.: December-March.

Crossandra infundibuliformis Medicinal uses

This plant is used to aid wound healing of Ulcers

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