Acanthaceae

Water willow

Justicia gendarussa Burm.f.

Family: Acanthaceae
Genus: Justicia

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Water willow (Justicia gendarussa) — FlowerPhoto: Dinesh Valke, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (11)

ban: Dusa keling
Bangla: জগতমাদন
Chinese: 小驳骨, 尖尾鳳, 小駁骨丹, 接骨草, 小接骨, 小笋骨, 小驳骨丹, 尖尾风
English: Water willow, Willow leaved Justicia
French: Natchouli
Indonesian: Gandarusa
Javanese: Gandarusa
Malayalam: വാതംകൊല്ലി
Sundanese: Handarusa
Tamil: யசுட்டிசியா செண்டருசா
tcy: ಕರಿನೆಕ್ಕಿ

Synonyms

Adhatoda subserrata Nees
Dianthera subserrata Blanco
Dicliptera rheedei Kostel.
Ecbolium gendarussa (Burm.f.) Kuntze
Ecbolium gendarussa var. angustifolium Kuntze
Ecbolium subserratum Kuntze
Gendarussa vulgaris Nees
Justicia dahona Buch.-Ham. ex Wall.
Justicia gandarussa L.f.
Justicia gendarussa var. angustifolia (Kuntze) Hochr.
Justicia salicina Vahl ex Nees

Flowers

In flower: December to April (from 33 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Photos

FlowerPhoto: Dinesh Valke, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Justine Faure, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: 葉子, CC0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Yj, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Drorchidaceae, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: rejaik, CC0, from iNaturalist
Photo: 謝麗霦, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Rejoice Gassah, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Paulo C. O. Cunha, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Sindhu Haridas, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: 鄭雪雲, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Sindhu Haridas, 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). About our plant data.