Andrographis explicata

Andrographis explicata is a species of flowering plant belonging to the genus Andrographis within the Acanthaceae family, primarily native to Southern India.^[1] This plant is an erect, woody undershrub endemic to the Southern Western Ghats of India. It grows up to 1 meter tall and has large, bristly, elliptic leaves and hairless stems. Its small, dark-purple flowers, borne in large pyramidal panicles, are characterized by a two-lobed upper lip and hairy lower lip. The plant produces long, hairy, linear-oblong capsules containing up to 12 seeds, and it typically flowers between August and December.^[2]