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Botanical name: Strobilanthes ciliatus Family: Acanthaceae (Acanthus family)
Synonyms: Strobilanthes warreensis, Ruellia ciliata Lesser Kurinji is a shrub, with branches round,
hairless. Leaves are elliptic, 10-15 x 3-5 cm, tapering at both ends,
hairless, nerves 5 pairs, raised above, rough; leaf-stalk 2 cm long.
Flowers are borne in spikes 1.5 cm long, in leaf-axils, solitary,
stalked; bracts 6 x 4 mm, obovate; bracteoles 5 x 1 mm, linear-oblong.
Flowers are 5-15; calyx 5 mm long, sepals oblong, fused below the
middle. Flowers are 1.5 cm long, white with pink patches on lower
lobes; staminal sheath hairy. Lesser Kurinji is endemic to Southern
Western Ghats. Flowering: December-May.
Medicinal uses: Lesser Kurinji is used against neurological disorders, sciatica, glandular swellings and oedema.
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