at the book: The Mother. The Spiritual Significance of Flowers.- 1-st Ed. / Sri Aurobindo Ashram Trust, Pondicherry (India).- Singapore: Ho Printing, 2000.- ISBN 81-7058-609-7
Classification
► Division Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants
► Class Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons
► Subclass Asteridae
► Order Scrophulariales
► Family Acanthaceae - Acanthus family
► Subfamily Acanthoideae
► Genus Aphelandra
Synonyms
≡ Justicia tetragona (basinom) Vahl
Common names
Aphelandra (English)
Red aphelandra (English)
Aphélandre (French)
Афеляндра четырехгранная (Russian)
Description
Medium-sized long narrow tubular orange flower opening into two pointed lips; set in overlapping brownish green bracts on a four-sided terminal spike. A medium-sized shrub that flowers for many weeks in. the cool season.
Sharp tongue
There are many people with a very sharp tongue. It is called in French "une langue de vipere" , a viperish tongue. This is their great amusement. And they do much, much, much harm. But even without speaking, if one has a strong thought and thinks ill of people, one does a bad deed.
The Mother
The Mother. Collected Works of the Mother.- Volume 5. - Questions And Answers (1953)
