English: Chinese hat plant; Cup-and-saucer-plant; Mandarin's hat.
Region: Himalayas, India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Myanmar; naturalized in Southeast Asia, New Caledonia, Hawaii, Mexico, West Indies, Venezuela.
Habitat: tropical.
Use: ornamental, border and hedge plant; magico-ritual, especially in treating children’s diseases; magic or vashikaran rituals by tantrics.
BotanyFlowers: curioius; red; attract butterflies, bees, hummingbirds.