Acanthaceae
Green chireta
Andrographis paniculata
- Family
- Acanthaceae
- Genus
- Andrographis
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Common names
By language (41)
- Arabic
- أندروغرافيس بانيكولاتا
- arz
- اندروجرافيس بانيكولاتا
- Azerbaijani
- Süpürgəvari androqrafis
- ban
- Samiroto
- Bangla
- কালমেঘ, আলুই
- Burmese
- ဆေးခါးကြီး, သီဟရာဇာ
- Cantonese
- 穿心蓮
- Chinese
- 穿心莲, 穿心蓮, 一见喜, 印度草, 榄核莲
- Czech
- Právenka latnatá
- English
- Green chireta, Creat, Green chirayta, King of bitter
- Finnish
- Rohtokirata
- German
- Kalmegh
- gor
- Sambiloto
- Gujarati
- કરિયાતું
- Hindi
- कालमेघ
- Indonesian
- Sambiloto
- Japanese
- センシンレン
- Javanese
- Sambiloto
- Kannada
- ನೆಲಬೇವು
- mad
- Kaḍḍâs, Ambherta
- Malayalam
- നിലവേപ്പ്, കിരിയാറ്റ്
- min
- Ampadu tanah
- mnw
- မြေက်ဗြီု
- Nepali
- कल्पनाथ
- Odia
- ଭୂଇଁନିମ
- Polish
- Brodziuszka wiechowata
- Portuguese
- Andrographis, Haplanthoides, Haplanthus
- Punjabi
- ਕਾਲਮੇਘ
- Russian
- Андрографис метельчатый, Bhunimba, Creat, Green chiretta, Kalmegh, King of bitter, Kirata, Roi des amers
- Sanskrit
- कालमेघः, अश्वत्थः
- shn
- ယႃႈၶူမ်ၶၢႆး, ၶူမ်သၢမ်လွႆ
- Sindhi
- ڪريات
- Sinhala
- හීං බිංකොහොඹ
- Spanish
- Andrographis
- Sundanese
- Sambiloto
- szy
- Nipaluma-sakiatay
- Tamil
- நிலவேம்பு
- Telugu
- నేలవేము
- Thai
- ฟ้าทะลายโจร, Androqraphis paniculata
- Vietnamese
- Xuyên tâm liên, Cây lá đắng, Công cộng, Khô đảm thảo, Lam khái liên
- za
- Nyafaenzlenz
Synonyms
- Andrographis paniculata var. glandulosa Trimen
- Andrographis subspathulata C.B.Clarke
- Justicia latebrosa Russell ex Wall.
- Justicia paniculata Burm.f.
- Justicia stricta Lam. ex Steud.
Flowers
- In flower
- March to January (from 175 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Pacific Basin: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Divya Mudappa, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: 葉子, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Vikas D Prasad, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Алёна Осипова, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
LeavesPhoto: Thomas Mesaglio, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: J.M.Garg, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: pbsg, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Chris Merck, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: J.M.Garg, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: J.M.Garg, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: J.M.Garg, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Paulmathi Vinod, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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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); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.