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Blue Fox Tail
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Blue Fox Tail
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Common name: Blue Fox Tail, Green Shrimp Plant, Ice crossandra, Nail dye, Green Ice Crossandra, Turquoise Crossandra • Assamese: নীলকন্ঠ neelkantha • Bengali: ঝিন্টিকাঁটা jhintikanta, নীল কাঁটা nila kanta, নীল সহচরা nila sahachara, নীল সাথী nila sathi, উদজাতি udjati • Dogri: आसमानी झींगा aasmaani jhingaa • Hindi: उदजति udajati • Kannada: ಕಪ್ಪುಬೊಬ್ಬುಳಿ kappubobbuli, ಕಪ್ಪುಕರ್ಣಿ kappukarni, ಪಚ್ಚಾಂಬ್ರಾ patchambra • Konkani: रान अबोली ran aboli, रोरीझाड rorijhada • Malayalam: കരിംകുറിഞ്ഞി karimkurunni, ഒടിയമടന്ത odiyamadantha • Marathi: धाकटा अडुळसा dhakta adulsa, एकबोली ekboli, रान आबोली ran aboli • Odia: ପିଚୁକାଠ pichukatha • Sanskrit: नील सहचरः nila sahacharah, सैरीयकः sairiyakah • Tamil: நீலாம்பரி nilambari • Telugu: చీకటి కూర తుప్ప cheekatikoorathuppa, నక్కతోక nakkatoka, పచ్చ వాడంబరము pachchavadambaram • Tulu: ಕಪ್ಪುಕರ್ಣಿ kappukarni Source: Names of Plants in India
Botanical name: Ecbolium ligustrinum    Family: Acanthaceae (Acanthus family)
Synonyms: Ecbolium linneanum, Justicia ecbolium, Justicia ligustrina
Blue Fox Tail is a shrubby plant, with 4-sided flower-spikes at the end of branches. Bracts are oval, entire, mucronate. Leaves are elliptic-oblong, narrowed at both ends, velvety. Flowers are large, greenish blue. Upper lip of the flower is linear, reflexed. Blue Fox Tail is found in India, Sri Lanka to Myanmar.
Medicinal uses: Plant is used in gout and dysuria; decoction of leaves for stricture. Roots are given in jaundice, menorrhagia and rheumatism.
Identification credit: Navendu Pagé Photographed in Garden of Five Senses, Delhi & Ville-Parle, Mumbai.
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