Angelonia angustifolia Benth.
Summer Orchid / DESCRIPTION: Perennial small
Description
Traditional Medicinal Uses
Ecology
Propagation
Distribution
Precaution
Perennial small shrub that can grow up to 60 cm tall. Leaves are simple, arranged in opposite pairs, pale green clothed with sticky glandular hairs and possessing an apple or grape smell when bruised. Leaf blade is narrowly linear, acute at apex, cuneate at base with toothed margin. Stems are soft and erect. Flowers are bluish-purple and fairly large. Inflorescence a terminal raceme. Fruit a subglobose,
It is locally made into a decoction and used to treat gastric problems especially for children. The local healers believed the plant can help individuals to make a good sale in a business by tying up the plant around the waist.
It prefers fertile, moist but well- drained loamy soil under full sunlight.
Stem cutting and seeds.
Native to Southeast
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