Strobilanthes auriculatus Nees
- Dataset
- GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
- Rank
- SPECIES
- Published in
- Pl. Asiat. Rar., 3: 86, 86, 1832








































Classification
- kingdom
- Plantae
- phylum
- Tracheophyta
- class
- Magnoliopsida
- order
- Lamiales
- family
- Acanthaceae
- genus
- Strobilanthes
- species
- Strobilanthes auriculatus
Strobilanthes auriculatus Nees 1832
Strobilanthes auriculatus Nees
Names.
Myanmar : hmaw-yan , paung-thaung , saingnan . English : Mexican petunia.
Range.
Tropical Asia. Widely distributed in Myanmar.
Uses.
Whole plant : Used as an antidote for snake poison. Leaf : Used to treat intermittent fever.
Note.
In India "Pounded leaves are rubbed onto the body during the cold period of an intermittent fever." ( Jain and DeFilipps 1991 ).
Reference.
Nordal (1963) .
Name
- Synonyms
- Justicia auriculata Wall.
- Justicia auriculata Wall. ex Nees
- Perilepta amplectens (Nees) Bremek.
- Perilepta auriculata (Nees) Bremek.
- Perilepta edgeworthiana (Nees) Bremek.
- Perilepta plumulosa (Nees) Bremek.
- Perilepta venusta (Craib) Bremek.
- Ruellia amplectens Wall.
- Ruellia amplectens Wall. ex Nees
- Ruellia auriculata Wall.
- Strobilanthes amplectens Nees
- Strobilanthes auriculata var. bracteolata C.B.Clarke
- Strobilanthes auriculatus var. edgeworthianus (Nees) C.B.Cl.
- Strobilanthes auriculatus var. plumulosa Nees
- Strobilanthes auriculatus var. siamensis C.B.Clarke
- Strobilanthes edgeworthianus Nees
- Strobilanthes plumulosus Nees
- Strobilanthes trichophorus C.E.C.Fischer
- Strobilanthes venustus Craib
- Homonyms
- Strobilanthes auriculatus Nees