Clinacanthus nutans Lindau

Description:

Jeniang, Kedah, Malaysia.Clinacanthus nutans Lindau, Acanthaceae. CN: [Malay - Belalai gajah, Dandang gendis, Daun kalingsir, Sabah snake grass], Drooping Clinacanthus, Phaya-Yor, Snake Plant. Traditionally used for treatment of dermatologic problems and anti-snake venom among traditional healers, but recently has become a sensation as a herbal cancer treatment. Herb, tall, erect, sometimes rambling shrubs. Stem cylindric, yellow when dry, densely striate, subglabrous. Petiole 5-7 cm or more; leaf blade lanceolate to ovate-lanceolate, 5-11 x 1-4 cm, papery, secondary vein 5 or 6 on each side of mid-vein and convex on both surface when dry, base oblique, margin sub-entire, apex caudate-acuminate. Inflorescence ca 1.5 cm, glandular, bracts linear ca 8mm, apex acuminate. Corolla dark red ca 4-6 cm, pubescent. Stamens and pistil glabrous. Synonym(s):Clinacanthus burmanni Nees [Illegitimate] Clinacanthus burmanni var. robinsonii Benoist Clinacanthus siamensis Bremek. Justicia nutans Burm.f.Ref and suggested reading:www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/kew-2727901zipcodezoo.com/Plants/C/Clinacanthus_nutans/www.medplant.mahidol.ac.th/publish/journal/ebooks/j13%282...www.globinmed.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=a...