Acanthaceae
Justicia ventricosa
- Family
- Acanthaceae
- Genus
- Justicia
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Common names
By language (1)
- Chinese
- 黑叶小驳骨, 黑葉小駁骨, 大驳骨, 大驳骨丹, 钩吻, 黑叶小驳骨(黑叶接骨草、大驳骨、黑叶爵床), 黑叶接骨草, 黑叶爵床
Synonyms
- Adhatoda ventricosa (Wall. ex Nees) Nees
- Ecbolium ventricosum (Wall. ex Nees) Kuntze
- Gendarussa ventricosa (Wall. ex Nees) Nees
- Petalanthera punctata Raf.
Photos

Photo: Franz Xaver, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Franz Xaver, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Franz Xaver, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons ![Justicia ventricosa: 大駁骨丹(黑葉小駁骨) Justicia ventricosa [香港西貢獅子會自然教育中心 Saikung, Hong Kong]](https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/%E5%A4%A7%E9%A7%81%E9%AA%A8%E4%B8%B9%28%E9%BB%91%E8%91%89%E5%B0%8F%E9%A7%81%E9%AA%A8%29_Justicia_ventricosa_-%E9%A6%99%E6%B8%AF%E8%A5%BF%E8%B2%A2%E7%8D%85%E5%AD%90%E6%9C%83%E8%87%AA%E7%84%B6%E6%95%99%E8%82%B2%E4%B8%AD%E5%BF%83_Saikung%2C_Hong_Kong-_%289227077963%29.jpg/1280px-%E5%A4%A7%E9%A7%81%E9%AA%A8%E4%B8%B9%28%E9%BB%91%E8%91%89%E5%B0%8F%E9%A7%81%E9%AA%A8%29_Justicia_ventricosa_-%E9%A6%99%E6%B8%AF%E8%A5%BF%E8%B2%A2%E7%8D%85%E5%AD%90%E6%9C%83%E8%87%AA%E7%84%B6%E6%95%99%E8%82%B2%E4%B8%AD%E5%BF%83_Saikung%2C_Hong_Kong-_%289227077963%29.jpg)
Photo: 阿橋 HQ, 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). About our plant data.