Rhinacanthus nasutus

Rhinacanthus nasutus, commonly known as snake jasmine,[2] is a plant native to tropical Asia and the western Indian Ocean. It is a slender, erect, branched, somewhat hairy shrub 1–2 m in height. The leaves are oblong, 4–10 cm in length, and narrowed and pointed at both ends. The inflorescence is a spreading, leafy, hairy panicle with the flowers usually in clusters. The calyx is green, hairy, and about 5 mm long. The corolla-tube is greenish, slender, cylindric, and about 2 cm long. The flowers is 2-lipped; the upper lip is white, erect, oblong or lancelike, 2-toothed at the apex, and about 3 mm in both length and width; and the lower lip is broadly obovate, 1.1-1.3 cm in both measurements, 3-lobed, and white, with a few, minute, brownish dots near the base. The fruit (capsule) is club-shaped and contains 4 seeds.[2]

Flower

Rhinacanthus nasutus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Acanthaceae
Genus: Rhinacanthus
Species:
R. nasutus
Binomial name
Rhinacanthus nasutus
Synonyms[1]
  • Justicia gendarussa Macrae ex Nees
  • Justicia macilenta E.Mey.
  • Justicia nasuta L.
  • Justicia odoratissima Bojer ex Nees
  • Justicia rottleriana Wall.
  • Justicia silvatica Nees
  • Justicia sylvatica Vahl
  • Pseuderanthemum connatum Lindau
  • Rhinacanthus macilentus C.Presl
  • Rhinacanthus osmospermus Bojer ex Nees
  • Rhinacanthus rottlerianus Nees

Uses

It has been used in the treatment of snake bites.[3]

References
  1. "Rhinacanthus nasutus". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
  2. "Rhinacanthus nasutus - Snake Jasmine". flowersofindia.net.
  3. medicinal uses pharmacographica indica


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