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Asystasia dalzelliana
Also called Violet Coromandel
Asystasia dalzelliana is a species of plant in the family Acanthaceae It is commonly known as the violet asystasia, Chinese violet and Ganges primrose. It is distributed in Asia and Africa.
The leaves are used as a vegetable in Kenya and Uganda. The plant has also uses in traditional medicine in Nigeria.
Asystasia alba · Chinese violet · Asystasia glandulifera · African Coromandel · Asystasia mysorensis · Coromandels
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Asystasia dalzelliana by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
