Author:
Jan Scholten
Book:
Qjurious
Type:
Info
Chapter:
3-665.62.00
Justicioideae
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.
Botany
Herbs.
Taxonomy
Justicioideae is a Subfamily in Acanthaceae.
Literature
Khan, 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.