Fig. 2

Salient botanical features of Neelakurinji (Strobilanthes Kunthianus Nees T Anders). a Full-grown bushy shrub, b flower-bearing shrub, c stems with glabrous to sparsely pubescent barks, d elliptic-ovate with stout hairs with subentire to prominently serrated leaves, e pale blue or pale lilac or mauve flower (Photographs are not in scale) (Source: unpublished photographs of Soumen Bera)