Common Name: Scarlet Sage
Vernacular Name: സാൽവിയ
Systematic position:
Class- Magnoliopsida
Subclass- Asteridae
Order- Lamiales
Family- Lamiaceae
Genus- Salvia
Species- S. splendens
Description: The native type is rarely used or described, though it grew from 1.5 to 8 m in height. Its leaves are in even, elliptical arrangements, 7 × 5 cm, with dentate margin and they have long petioles. It may branched, where its upper branches are finely hairy and in the lower parts though hairless. Flowers in erect spikes that sprout from the centre of the plant in groups of 2 to 6 together in each leaf node; scarlet, tubular or bell-shaped, 35 mm long, with two lobes towards the apex; the upper lobe is 13 mm long. It flowers a good part of summer and autumn
Flowering and Fruiting: Summer to Fall.
Economic Importance: Seeds of the Salvia splendens plant are commonly used as an emetic, for dysentery, colic, and haemorrhoids.
Reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salvia_splendens