Acanthaceae
Chinese violet
Asystasia gangetica
- Family
- Acanthaceae
- Genus
- Asystasia
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Common names
By language (10)
- Chinese
- 宽叶十万错, 寬葉十萬錯, 跌打草, 锈叶野牡丹
- dag
- Nchendua
- English
- Chinese violet
- Indonesian
- Rumput israel, Ruas-ruas
- Japanese
- コロマンソウ
- Malagasy
- Avokombiby, Redampa
- Malay
- Ara songsang, Akar ruas-ruas, Rumput Israel
- Malayalam
- തുപ്പലംപൊട്ടി, Chinese Violet, Coromandel, Creeping Foxglove, ചൈനീസ് വൈലറ്റ്, തുപ്പലം പൊട്ടി, തുപ്പലംപ്പൊട്ടി, വേലി പടക്കം
- Tamil
- நறுஞ்சுவைக் கீரை
- Thai
- ตำลึงหวาน, ย่าหยา
Synonyms
- Asystasia coromandeliana Burkill & C.B.Clarke
- Justicia gangetica L.
- Ruellia gangetica (L.) R.Br.
Flowers
- In flower
- all year (from 2,052 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb, Subshrub, Vine
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Hawaii: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced, Pacific Basin: introduced, Puerto Rico: introduced, U.S. Virgin Islands: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: santhoshk, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: portioid, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Aris riyanto, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: 葉子, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Aris riyanto, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Aris riyanto, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Scott Edmunds, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: sucker69420, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Aris riyanto, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Kevin Faccenda, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Aris riyanto, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Len Worthington, CC BY-SA 2.0, 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); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.