Phlogacanthus gomezii
(Nees) J. R. I Wood
AcanthaceaeFlowers
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Flowers
The flowers are fried, boiled, or baked and cooked with fish.
Where to Find It
It is a subtropical plant.
Asia, Bangladesh, India, Northeastern India,
Countries: United Arab Emirates, Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Bahrain, Brunei, Bhutan, China, Georgia, Indonesia, Israel, India, Iraq, Iran, Jordan, Japan, Kyrgyzstan, Cambodia, North Korea, South Korea, Kuwait, Kazakhstan, Laos, Lebanon, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Mongolia, Maldives, Malaysia, Nepal, Oman, Philippines, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Syria, Thailand, Tajikistan, Timor-Leste, Turkmenistan, Turkey, Taiwan, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Yemen
How to Identify
A shrub. It grows 3 m tall. The stems are woody and 4 sided. The leaves are narrowly sword shaped and taper to the tip. They are 23-32 cm long by 9-10 cm wide. The flowering shoots are at the ends of branches and are 10-14 cm long by 9-10 cm wide. They are dark red,
Notes
The scientific name is still ambiguous.
Names & Synonyms
Banaria tita phul, Jok an ke-er, Nimso pechok
References (1)
- Dutta, B., et al, 2016, Diversity and Ethnobotany of the Genus Phlogacanthus Nees in Assam, India. Int. J. Life. Sci. Scienti. Res., 2(4):472-477
