Category: Justicia

Justicia nilgherrensis (Nees) Wall. ex C.B.Clarke, Fl. Brit. India 4: 526 1885. (syn. Adhatoda nilgerrhensis Nees; Ecbolium nilgerrhense (Nees) Kuntze; Justicia betonica var. nilgherrensis (Nees) T.Anderson);   Herbs with woody thick rootstock and long roots; stem often numerous, procumbent. Leaves opposite, 3-3.5 x 0.5-1 cm, sessile, oblong-lanceolate, obtuse, soft, greyish green in colour, glabrous, minutely punctuate, […]

Justicia neesii Ramamoorthy, Fl. Hassan Distr. 551 1976. (syn: Justicia micrantha Wall. & Rostellularia crinita Nees) as per Flora of Davanagere District, Karnataka, India By B. K. Manjunatha, V. Krishna, T. Pullaiah (2004- Details with Keys) ?; . at 10.45 am on 09-12-09 at retreat on Periyar River bank, Thattekad; Wild Flower for Bot. ID-261209-RK-1 – efloraofindia […]

Justicia neesii Ramamoorthy, Fl. Hassan Distr. 551 1976. (syn: Justicia micrantha Wall. & Rostellularia crinita Nees) as per Flora of Davanagere District, Karnataka, India By B. K. Manjunatha, V. Krishna, T. Pullaiah (2004- Details with Keys); . Justicia neesii T.P. Ramamoorthy (syn: Ecbolium crinitum (Nees) Kuntze; Gendarussa micrantha Wall. ex Voigt; Justicia micrantha Heyne ex Wall. (ambiguous synonym);  Justicia micrantha […]

Justicia glauca Rottler, Neue Schriften Ges. Naturf. Freunde Berlin 4: 219 1802. (Syn: Adhatoda diversiformis Nees; Adhatoda orixensis Nees; Ecbolium glaucum (Rottler) Kuntze; Gendarussa diversiformis Nees; Gendarussa orixensis Nees); Common name: Glaucous Justicia   Much branched diffuse herbs, 15-50 cm tall, branches puberulous. Leaves opposite, 2.5-4 x 2-2.5 cm, ovate, acute at apex, base rounded, […]

Justicia gendarussa Burm. f., Fl. Indica 10 10 1768; . Images by J.M.Garg (Identified by Vijayasankar Raman) & Gurcharan Singh (Inserted by J.M.Garg) . Black Vasa, black malabar nut, Gandarusa, Warer willow • Hindi: Nili nargandi, Kala bashimb • Marathi: tev, bakas, kalaadulsa • Tamil: karunochi, vadaikkutti • Malayalam: karunochchi, vada-kodi • Telugu: addasaramu, gandharasamu, […]

Justicia carnea Lindl., Edwards’s Bot. Reg. 17: t. 1397 1831. (Syn: Cyrtanthera magnifica Nees; Cyrtanthera magnifica var. minor Nees; Jacobinia carnea (Lindl.) G.Nicholson; Jacobinia magnifica (Nees) Lindau; Jacobinia obtusior (Nees) L.H. Bailey; Jacobinia pohliana (Nees) Lindau; Jacobinia pohliana var. velutina Nees) Images by Aarti Khale & Nidhan Singh (Inserted by J.M.Garg)    Rose Jacobinia, Pink Jacobinia, […]

Justicia brandegeeana Wassh. & L.B.Sm., Fl. Ilustr. Catar. 1(Acantac.): 102 1969 (Syn: Beloperone guttata Brandegee; Beloperone pringlei S. Wats.; Calliaspidia guttata (Brandegee) Bremek.; Drejerella guttata (Brandegee) Bremek.; Justicia straminea D. N. Gibson); . Mexico (Coahuila, Tamaulipas, San Luis Potosi, Queretaro, Morelos, etc.), Costa Rica (I), Nicaragua (I), Honduras (c), Hispaniola (I), Puerto Rico (I), Isla Margarica […]

Justicia betonica L., Sp. Pl. 15 1753. ; . commonly known as: rose-spotted white-flowered Justice wort, squirrel’s tail, white shrimp plant • Hindi: ¿ हाड़पात ? hadpat, ¿ मोकंदर ? mokander, ¿ प्रमेहःहराती ? pramehaharati • Kannada: ಕಾಡು ಕನಕಾಮ್ಬರ kaadu kanakaambara • Malayalam: വെള്ളക്കുറിഞ്ഞി vellakurunji • Marathi: गुलाबी अडुलसा gulabi adulasa • Sanskrit: श्वेत सहचरः sveta-sahacarah • Tamil: வேலிமூங்கில் veli-munkil • Telugu:తెల్ల రంతు tella rantu  . As per efi thread: J. trinervia and J. betonica are two distinct species: the former is generally a low-lying procumbent herb […]

Justicia aurea Schltdl., Linnaea 7: 393 1832. (Syn: Cyrtanthera aurea (Schltdl.) Nees; Cyrtanthera aurea var. glaberrima Nees; Cyrtanthera catalpifolia Nees; Cyrtanthera densiflora Oerst.; Cyrtanthera umbrosa Nees; Jacobinia aurea (Schltdl.) Hiern; Jacobinia aurea (Schltdl.) Hemsl.; Jacobinia catalpaefolia (Nees) M. Gómez; Jacobinia umbrosa (Benth.) S.F. Blake; Justicia macdonaldii Regel (Unresolved); Justicia umbrosa Benth.; Justicia vellasquezii Bertol.);  Yellow Jacobinia, […]

Justicia adhatoda L., Sp. Pl. 1: 15 15 1753. (syn. (=) Adhatoda vasica Nees; (=) Adhatoda zeylanica Medik.); . commonly known as: Malabar nut • Ahom: aoung • Assamese: বগা বাহক boga bahok • Bengali: বাসক basak • Bodo: barsikho jola • Dogri: बसूटी basuti, बरहैंकड़ barahainkad • Gujarati: અરડૂસી aradusi • Hajong: dhola chunchuni • Hindi: अरुस arus, अड़ूसा arusa, प्रामाद्य pramadya, रूस […]