Strobilanthes ciliata

Botanical Description

Strobilanthes ciliata is an erect shrub The plant is much used In domestic medicine by the local people of the regions where it cccurs, and is also a source of materials. The roots are harvested from the wild in large quantities and traded both locally and nationally under the name 'kurinji' for their medicinal purposes[ 2020 Title Trade in Indian Medicinal Plants Publication Ethnobotany of India Vol 5., 321-345, 2018 Author D.K.Ved, S.Noorunnisa Begum, & K.Ravi Kumar Publisher Apple Academic Press; Oakville, Canada Year 2018 ISBN 978-1-77188-600-0 Description ]. Strobilanthes ciliata is threatened by large-scale harvesting of the plant for medicinal use, High volume consumption by the herbal industries of Kerala for use as the botanical drug 'Sahachara' has contributed to a population decline at a scale of 40% in the last three generations (51 years), and these that unregulated collection practices are continuing. There has also been a decline in the area, extent and quality of the plant's habitat due to and forest degradation. The plant is classified as 'Vulnerable' in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species(2013)[ 338 Title IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Publication Author Website http://www.iucnredlist.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description A list of plants under threat and facing possible extinction, usually with brief details of the threats and information on habitat. ].