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Hemigraphis alternataNames: Hemigraphis colourata.
Indonesian: Sambang geteh; Sarap; Remek daging.
English: Red Ivy; Metal leaf; Aluminum plant; Java Ivy; Cemetary plant; Waffle plant.
Sanskrit: Vranaropani.
Kerala: Murikkooti; Muriyan pacha, meaning wound healer.
Hemigraphis has ± 30 species; sometimes included in Strobilanthes.
Region: India, Indo-China, Java. New Guinea.
Clades: Asternanae,
Lamiidae,
Verbenales,
Acanthaceae,
Stage 6.
Botany: prostrate tropical perennial to 30 cm tall, spreads along the ground, rooting at the stem nodes; ground cover; leaves colorful, toothed, puckered, ovate-cordate to 6 cm long, metallic silvery gray-green above and purple beneath; flowers tiny, insignificant, five-lobed, bell-shaped, white in 1 cm racemes, bloom in summer.
Content: flavonoids, polyphenols, tannins; high
Use: bruises, cuts, wounds; external bleeding, bloody diarrhea, hemorrhoids, excessive menstruation; blood sugar imbalance; skin diseases.potassium, low sodium levels.
Use: drugs, dyes, food supplements; air freshener plant.
Sourceshttp: //mobilearn.np.edu.sg/plantsnp/Mobile/viewentry.aspx?entryID=2175.
http: //www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/PlantFinder/PlantFinderDetails.aspx?kempercode=a514.
https: //keralaponics.wordpress.com/2015/01/22/red-flame-ivy-murikooti/.
https: //en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hemigraphis.