Acanthaceae
Malabar nut
Justicia adhatoda
- Family
- Acanthaceae
- Genus
- Justicia
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Common names
By language (33)
- Amharic
- ሰንሰል
- Arabic
- جوز الكالابار, جوز الكلابار, بستاشيا بيضـاء, ادهاتودا, جوز كالابار
- arz
- بستاشيا بيضاء
- Assamese
- বগা বাহক
- Bangla
- বাসক
- Burmese
- မုရားကြီး
- Chinese
- 鸭嘴花, 大驳骨, 鸭I;紫花, 鴨嘴花, 大还魂, 野靛叶, 鸭子花
- Dutch
- Malabarnoot
- English
- Malabar nut
- Estonian
- Vasika justiitsia
- Finnish
- Valkopantterinkita
- Gujarati
- અરડૂસી
- Haitian Creole
- Adotada
- Hebrew
- יוסטיציה אדטודה, אדטודה לבנה
- Hindi
- वसाका, अडूसा
- Kannada
- ಆಡು ಸೋಗೆ
- lah
- بیکڑ
- Malayalam
- ആടലോടകം, Vasaka, ചിറ്റാടലോടകം
- Marathi
- अडुळसा
- Nepali
- असुरो
- Odia
- ବାସଙ୍ଗ
- Persian
- جاستیکا ادهاتدا
- Punjabi
- ਕਾਲਾ ਬਾਂਸਾ, ਅਡੂਸਾ
- Russian
- Юстиция сосудистая, Адатода
- Sanskrit
- वासकसस्यम्, अश्वत्थः, वसाकः, वसाका
- shn
- ၸလိူမ်း, တူၼ်ႈၸလိူမ်း
- Sinhala
- වං ඇපල, පාවට්ටා
- Tamil
- ஆடாதோடை, ஆடாதொடை
- tcy
- ಆಡ್ ಸೊಗೆ
- Telugu
- అడ్డసరం
- Thai
- เสนียด
- Urdu
- وہیکڑ
- Vietnamese
- Xuân tiết
Synonyms
- Adatoda arborea Raf.
- Adeloda serrata Raf.
- Adhatoda adhatoda (L.) Huth
- Adhatoda arborea Raf.
- Adhatoda pubescens Moench
- Adhatoda vasica Nees
- Adhatoda zeylanica Medik.
- Dianthera latifolia Salisb.
- Ecbolium adhatoda (L.) Kuntze
- Gendarussa adhadota (L.) Steud.
- Justicia caracasana Sieber ex Nees
Flowers
- In flower
- December to March (from 36 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Photos
FlowerPhoto: John Brew, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Aravinth, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: pavlaki1968, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: olmagon, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: দিব্য দত্ত, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Pradip Krishen, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Thamizhpparithi Maari, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Siddarth Machado, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: VASANTH S.N., CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Linkus russia, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: avocat, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, 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.