Fig. 2From: Botany, pharmacology and conservation status of wonder flower: Neelakurinji (Strobilanthes kunthiana (Nees) T. Anderson ex Benth)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to prominently serrated leaves, e pale blue or pale lilac or mauve flower (Photographs are not in scale) (Source: unpublished photographs of Soumen Bera)Back to article page