Content: glycosides, flavonoids, alkaloids, triterpenoids, fatty acid methyl esters, fatty acids.
Habitat: tropical to subtropical; few species in temperate areas; moist evergreen and dense or open forests, tropical dry deciduous and scrubby lands forests; wet fields and valleys; at the sea coast and in swamps.
BotanyHerbs.
TaxonomyJusticioideae is a Subfamily in
Acanthaceae.
LiteratureKhan, Ibrahim & others; Ethnobotany and medicinal uses of folklore medicinal plants belonging to family acanthaceae: An updated review; MOJ Biology and
Medicine, Volume 1, Issue 2, pages 34‒38; 2017.