PANICLED FOLDWING
Common name	Panicled Foldwing
Botanical Name	Peristrophe bicalyculata
Vernacular name	Hindi-Atrilal Gujarati-Atrilal Sanskrit-Nadikanta
Family	Acanthaceae
Class	Magnoliopsida
Parts of plant used	Seed
Chemical Constituents	14-methyl-tritriacont-14-en-15-ol and 35-hydroxynonatriacontanal
Therapeutic uses	Seeds carry a certain amount of mucilage which on drying can be stretched out into a fine thread. This is used in Senegal for fishing out foreign bodies from eyes and ears.