Acanthaceae
Holy mangrove
Acanthus ilicifolius
- Family
- Acanthaceae
- Genus
- Acanthus
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Common names
By language (17)
- ace
- Jeureuju
- Arabic
- أقنثا الأوراق المقدسة
- Bangla
- নীল টেংরাকাঁটা, কটকি, হাড়গোজা
- bjn
- Jaruju
- Burmese
- ခရာဆူး, ခရာပင်, ရေခရာပင်
- Cantonese
- 老鼠簕
- Chinese
- 老鼠簕, 厦门老鼠簕
- English
- Holy mangrove, Holly leaved acanthus, Sea holly
- Indonesian
- Jeruju
- Japanese
- ムラサキミズヒイラギ
- Javanese
- Jeruju
- Malay
- Pokok Jeruju Putih
- Malayalam
- ചുള്ളിക്കണ്ടൽ
- Persian
- کنگر
- Tamil
- கழுதைப்பிட்டி-மூலிகை
- tcy
- ತುದೆಚುಳ್ಳಿ
- Vietnamese
- Ô rô nước
Synonyms
- Acanthus ilicifolius var. typica Domin
- Dilivaria ilicifolia Juss.
- Dilivaria ilicifolia (L.) J.St.-Hil.
Photos
Photo: Vengolis, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Vengolis, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Photo: Vengolis, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Vengolis, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Vengolis, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Vengolis, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Vengolis, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Vengolis, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Mark Marathon, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Mark Marathon, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Vengolis, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.