Acanthaceae

Crossandra infundibuliformis (L.) Nees

Family: Acanthaceae
Genus: Crossandra

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Crossandra infundibuliformis (Crossandra infundibuliformis) — FlowerPhoto: Diogo Luiz, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (20)

Arabic: كروسندرة قمعية الشكل, زهر العزيز
arz: كروسندره قمعية الشكل
Chinese: 鳥尾花, 鸟尾花, 十字爵床, 橙色鸟尾花, 半边黄
Czech: Krosandra nálevkovitá
Estonian: Lehterkrossandra
Finnish: Taikurinkukka
Hindi: अबोली
hsb: Krosandra
Indonesian: Krosandra
Japanese: クロサンドラ
Kannada: ಕನಕಾಂಬರ
Konkani: Abolim
Malayalam: കനകാംബരം
Marathi: अबोली
Persian: کروساندرا
Russian: Кроссандра воронковидная
Spanish: Harrachia spinosa
Tamil: கனகாம்பரம்
tcy: ಅಬ್ಬೊಲಿಗೆದ ಪೂ
Telugu: కనకాంబరాలు

Synonyms

Crossandra undulifolia Salisb.
Justicia infundibuliformis L.
Ruellia infundibuliformis (L.) Andrews

Flowers

In flower: all year (from 57 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Photos

FlowerPhoto: Diogo Luiz, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Raja Sekhar Chimirala, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Adityamadhav83, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Amar Bharathy, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: ARBAY, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Surendra Rajendran, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Thamizhpparithi Maari, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Fathima Nishana KP, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Adityamadhav83, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Diogo Luiz, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Adityamadhav83, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Siddarth Machado, 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); US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.