Strobilanthes wallichii Nees Family : Acanthaceae Common name : Hardy Persian shield, Kandali Habit : Herb Location: Chamoli, Uttrakhand India

Strobilanthes wallichii Nees

Family : Acanthaceae

Common name : Hardy Persian shield, Kandali

Habit : Herb

Habitat : Sunny slope 

Location: Chamoli, Uttrakhand India

Date: 18th December 2021

Native to the Himalayas, blooms during the season of Kandali Festival by the Rung tribe of the Pithoragarh district of Uttarakhand state in India.

Medicinal uses :

✔ Leaves are used in intermittent fever. 

@ Sweta Mishra