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11: Auxiliary plants

Peristrophe paniculata (Forsskal) Brummitt

ACANTHACEAE

Justicia bicalyculata (Retz.) Vahl, Peristrophe bicalyculata (Retz.) Nees.

From Africa and Arabia to India, Indo-China, Thailand, and Peninsular Malaysia.

Suitable as a green manure and as a fodder for horses. An essential oil obtained from the plant shows tuberculostatic activity in vitro.

Erect, hispid herb or undershrub, up to 180 cm tall. Leaves ovate, acuminate, pubescent. Inflorescence a lax panicle with axillary cymes, terminal on the inflorescence branch, with 2 linear bracts at its base; flowers reddish, purple or pink. Fruit a pointed capsule. Peristrophe paniculata occurs in forest undergrowth, hedges, and wasteland.

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M.S.M. Sosef & L.J.G. van der Maesen

Sosef, M.S.M. & van der Maesen, L.J.G., 1997. Peristrophe paniculata (Forsskal) Brummitt. In: Faridah Hanum, I & van der Maesen, L.J.G. (Editors): Plant Resources of South-East Asia No 11: Auxiliary plants. PROSEA Foundation, Bogor, Indonesia. Database record: prota4u.org/prosea