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Latin name : Kinostemon ornatum
Family : Lips of Laminaceae
Ministry : Flower lips Lamiales
Group : Medicinal plants

Grass height from 0.5 to 0.8 m. Square body, smooth. Leaf-shaped leaves, 5 - 10cm long, wide l, 3 - 3.5cm, pointed heads and prison stumps, leaf edges are sawn and sawn teeth large, both sides are smooth. The cluster of flowers is 4 - 7cm long, at the ends of the branches or underarms, each has two flowers one, grows each in the tops of the tops. Radio is bell-shaped, smooth on the outside, there are 2 lips, lips on 3 lobes, lips under 2 lobes. The color is pink, only the lips are less than 5 lobes with large middle lobes. Second 4, protruding out. 2 - 3 times the colon. Spherical fruit, veined network.

Biology : Flower season August - September, nine-month fruit season IO - 1 1. Regenerate with seeds in spring.

Habitat and ecology : Grows scattered in bright and humid places, at an altitude of 900 - 1,600m with other shrubs and weeds in the forest and roadside.

Distribution :

1. Vietnam: So far only in Lao Cai (Sa Pa).
2. World: China.

Value : Rare genetic resources. Beautiful flowering plants can be grown as ornamental plants.