Species on this page ( A = names approved by most authorities, s = approved as synonyms) :

 
• Justicia adhatoda L.
• Justicia beddomei (C. B. Clarke) Bennet
• Justicia coccinea Aubl. -> Pachystachys coccinea (Aubl.) Nees
• Justicia cydoniifolia (Nees) Lindau
• Justicia gendarussa Burm. f.
• Justicia gendarussa Macrae ex Nees -> Rhinacanthus communis Nees.
• Justicia lutea hort. -> Pachystachys lutea Nees
• Justicia macropoda Boiss.
• Justicia recurva Ham.
• Justicia secunda Vahl. -> ???
• Justicia spicata Ruiz & Pav. -> Pachystachys spicata (Ruiz & Pav.) Wassh.
• Justicia tweediana (Nees) Griseb.
• Justicia ventricosa Wall. ex Hook.

(Bed) (Braj) (CRDP) (FAO)  (FDAM) (Flcyb) (GCW) (GRIN) V (IPNI) (ISF) (ISTA) (JA) (JSent) (LibHerb) (Mansf) (MMPND) (Mrkv) (Nep) (Pan) (Prosea) (SavMark) (Smit)   (SwedMus) (USDA) (Wang) (W3Trop) (Yasu)

SYNONYM(S) : Adhatoda adhatoda (L.) Huth, Adhatoda pubescens Moench., Adhatoda vasica Nees, Adhatoda zeylanica Medik., Dianthera latifolia Salisb., Gendarussa adhatoda Steud., Justicia adhathoda L.

BENGALI : Basak.

CHINESE : Ya zui hua.

ENGLISH : Malabar nut, Malabar nut tree, Vasaka.

FRENCH : Noix de Malabar.

GERMAN : Malabarnuß.

GUJARATI : Aradusi, Ardusi

HINDI : Adulasa, Adosa, Adus, Adusa, Arusa, Arush, Arusha, Bansa.

KANNADA : Adusoge.

MALAYALAM : Adalodakam.

NEPALESE : Aleha, Asuro, Kalo vashak.

ORIYA : Arusa, Basung.

PUNJABI : Bansa, Basuti, Bhekar, Vasaka.

SANSKRIT : Adulsa, Adusa, Aruha, Arusa, Arusak, Basak, Bhishangmata, Shwetavasa, Simhi, Simhika, Sinhaparni, Vajeedantaka, Vansa, Vasa, Vasaka, Vasika.

SINHALESE : Adatoda.

TAMIL : Adhatodai, Adotodai, Pavettai, Pavettia.

TELUGU : Adda saramu.

SYNONYM(S) : Adhatoda beddomei C. B. Clarke

SANSKRIT : Vasa.

SYNONYM(S) : Adhatoda cydoniaefolia Nees, Adhatoda cydoniifolia Nees

ENGLISH : Quince-leaved adhatoda.

SYNONYM(S) : Gendarussa vulgaris Bojer, Gendarussa vulgaris Nees

BENGALI : Jagatmadan.

CHINESE : Qin qiu.

FRENCH : Ayapana marron (Réunion), Laliapana marron (Réunion), Natchouli (Réunion), Yapana malgache (Réunion), Nitchouli (Maurice).

HINDI : Nili nargandi.

MALAY : Sikapapar (Sabah), Tolonsi (Sabah).

SANSKRIT : Bhutakeshi, Neel nirgundi, Nila nirgundi, Udisanbhalu.

TAMIL : Karunochi.

SANSKRIT : Dhupi, Leur.

SANSKRIT : Bethar, Hauber.

SYNONYM(S) : Adhatoda tweediana Nees

SYNONYM(S) : Adhatoda ventricosa (Wall.) Nees

CHINESE : Da bo gu.

Porcher Michel H. et al. 1995 - 2020, Sorting Justicia Names. Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database - A Work in Progress. Institute of Land & Food Resources. The University of Melbourne. Australia. < http://www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/Sorting/Justicia.html > (2004).

CERPA. 2004, Plant Directory, Centre for Research, Planning and Action. New Delhi, India. < http://www.herbalcerpa.org/plantdir.asp >.

RRL. 2004, Medicinal Plants. Knowledge Network Centre, Regional Research Laboratory, Jammu Tawi (J & K). Part of UNDP Umbrella Programme on Herbal Drugs. Government of India. Herbalnet. < http://www.herbalnet.org/leaf/adhatoda%20zeylanica.asp >.

USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN). [Online Database] National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. Available: http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxdump.pl?justicia (04 October 2004). (GRIN)

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